title: Hart-Devlin revisited: law, morality and consent in parenthood.
abstract: The debate about law and morality is not new but changing social structures and advances in science, medicine and technology have impacted the decisions courts have to make. Within the fast-changing societies of the 21st century, is judicial decision-making cognisant of these advances and how do the judiciary currently reconcile difficult emergent issues concerning law, science and morality? The dilemma of decision-making regarding frozen embryos, the gametes of deceased donors and the issue of consent is analysed by reference to recent case law and the problem of decision-making in relation to the newly possible.
authors.affiliation: School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications, Millennium City Building, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK. k.moss@wlv.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Rowland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D026688:Bioethical Issues; D003657:Decision Making; D004626:Embryology / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D010290:Parents; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom