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A critical evaluation of the rights, status and capacity of distinct categories of Individuals in underdeveloped and emerging areas of law (2014)
Thesis
Macfarlane, L.-A. B. A critical evaluation of the rights, status and capacity of distinct categories of Individuals in underdeveloped and emerging areas of law. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7249

The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how my research promotes knowledge exchange about my overarching research theme: the rights, status and capacity of distinct categories of individuals in underdeveloped and emerging areas of law.
These catego... Read More about A critical evaluation of the rights, status and capacity of distinct categories of Individuals in underdeveloped and emerging areas of law.

Substituted decision makers and the interaction between the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 and Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003 (2014)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2014). Substituted decision makers and the interaction between the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 and Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003. Mental Capacity Law Newsletter, 42, 29-31

It is sometimes the case that separate pieces of legislation which, in some respects, cover similar issues, produce anomalies. This would appear to be the case with the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (‘the 2000 Act’) and the Mental Health... Read More about Substituted decision makers and the interaction between the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 and Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003.

'Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill' (2014)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2014). 'Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill'. Mental Capacity Law Newsletter, 41,

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Douglas v Duke of Hamilton. (2013)
Book Chapter
Macfarlane, L.-A. B. (2013). Douglas v Duke of Hamilton. In J. P. Grant, & E. E. Sutherland (Eds.), Pronounced for doom: Scots Law Tales II. Avizandrum

Added Value: Using Human Rights to Support Psychiatric Advance Statements (2013)
Journal Article
Stavert, J. (2013). Added Value: Using Human Rights to Support Psychiatric Advance Statements. Edinburgh Law Review, 17(2), 210-223. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2013.0155

Patient autonomy, regarded as a fundamental principle underlying medical ethics,1 is reinforced by numerous international instruments. Integral to this is advance treatment planning, often referred to as ‘advance statements’ or ‘advance directives’.2... Read More about Added Value: Using Human Rights to Support Psychiatric Advance Statements.

Family law. (2012)
Book Chapter
Macfarlane, L.-A. B. (2012). Family law. In M. A. Mulhern (Ed.), The Law. John Donald

The relative influence of leading questions and negative feedback on response change on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (2): implications for forensic interviewing (2012)
Journal Article
Baxter, J., Charles, K. E., Martin, M., & McGroarty, A. (2012). The relative influence of leading questions and negative feedback on response change on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (2): implications for forensic interviewing. Psychology, Crime and Law, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2011.631538

The ‘Shift’ or response change measure of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales (GSS 1 and 2) is assumed primarily to indicate acceptance of the negative feedback component of the GSS procedure. Using an adapted version of the question set that bears... Read More about The relative influence of leading questions and negative feedback on response change on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (2): implications for forensic interviewing.

Investigating the relationship between justice-vengeance motivations and punitive sentencing recommendations: Justice-vengeance motivations (2011)
Journal Article
Murray, J., Thomson, M. E., Cooke, D. J., & Charles, K. E. (2013). Investigating the relationship between justice-vengeance motivations and punitive sentencing recommendations: Justice-vengeance motivations. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 18(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8333.2011.02021.x

Purpose. The present research investigated the relationship between underlying justice and vengeance motivations and sentencing recommendations made by expert clinicians, semi-experts, and lay-people. It was hypothesized that the semi-experts would r... Read More about Investigating the relationship between justice-vengeance motivations and punitive sentencing recommendations: Justice-vengeance motivations.