Shaun Pattinson

Professor
Shaun D. Pattinson
FRSA FRSB
Born
Shaun David Pattinson
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Hull, University of Sheffield
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineMedical law
Medical ethics
Notable worksMedical Law and Ethics
Websitehttps://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/s-d-pattinson

Shaun D. Pattinson is a British legal scholar specializing in medical law and medical ethics. He currently serves as a Professor of Medical Law and Ethics at Durham Law School, Durham University.[1] In 2011, he founded the Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences (Durham CELLS) at Durham University.[2]

Education and career

Pattinson earned his undergraduate law degree from the University of Hull. He furthered his studies at the University of Sheffield, obtaining a master's degree and a Ph.D.

He received higher doctorates by the University of Sheffield (LLD) and Durham University. (DLitt).[3]

Pattinson took up a Lectureship in Law at the University of Sheffield in 2000 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2005. He was appointed as a Reader in Law at Durham University in 2006 and was promoted to Professor of Medical Law and Ethics in 2013.[4]

Professional roles and honours

Pattinson has held several notable positions:

His professional recognitions include being a Senior Fellow of the Advance HE (SFHEA), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).[10]

Research and publications

Pattinson's research interests focus on medical law and medical ethics, including the regulation of emerging technologies. He has authored several books, including:

  • Influencing Traits Before Birth (2002).[11]
  • Revisiting Landmark Cases in Medical Law (2018).[12]
  • Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine (2023).[13][14]
  • Medical Law and Ethics (7th ed., 2025).[15]

His book Medical Law and Ethics received the 2010 Minty Medico-Legal Society Prize for best medico-legal book.[16]

He has also published with Deryck Beyleveld.[17]

Recent work

From 2014 to 2017, Pattinson led a project entitled ‘Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research Through the Medium of Law’, funded by the Wellcome Trust.[18] This involved using law to engage post-16 students in the debate over human cloning, stem cell research and mitochondrial replacement technology.[19][20][21] A finding was that UK school students had been misinformed as to how Dolly (sheep) had been cloned.[22][23]

In January 2023, Pattinson published Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine, presenting a legal theory termed 'contextual legal idealism'.[24][25] This work explores the regulation of emerging biotechnologies, such as heritable genome editing and cryonic reanimation, and was supported by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.[26]

References

  1. ^ University, Durham. "Professor Shaun Pattinson - Durham University". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. ^ University, Durham. "Durham CELLS - About Us". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Professor Shaun Pattinson". durham-repository.worktribe.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ^ Pattinson, Shaun (19 February 2025). "Shaun Pattinson, LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ^ Tongji University (11 October 2024). "School cooperation with Durham University". Tongji University. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Nominated governors". South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Biologist Editorial Board". RSB. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ Nuffield Council on Bioethics (9 December 2020). Workshop - The role of bioethics in COVID-19 policy-making and pandemic preparedness. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Harmon, Shawn H.E.; Case, Paula (1 December 2011). "Building on success". Medical Law International. 11 (4): 259–261. doi:10.1177/0968533211419125. ISSN 0968-5332.
  10. ^ "Shaun D. Pattinson - Routledge & CRC Press Author Profile". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Influencing Traits Before Birth". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Revisiting Landmark Cases in Medical Law". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  13. ^ bloomsbury.com. "Law at the Frontiers of Biomedicine". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  14. ^ Alghrani, Amel (31 December 2024). ""Law at the frontiers of biomedicine": by Shaun Pattinson, Oxford, Hart, 2023, GBP 59.50 (hardback), ISBN: 9781509941070". New Genetics and Society. 43 (1). doi:10.1080/14636778.2024.2368893. ISSN 1463-6778.
  15. ^ "Medical Law and Ethics, 6th Edition | Thomson Reuters". www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  16. ^ Amazon (31 August 2020). Description of 'Medical Law and Ethics'. ASIN 0414074688.
  17. ^ Beyleveld, Deryck; Pattinson, Shaun (4 October 2023). "The Concept of Human Rights in the UDHR and the Rule of Law for the World Today". In M. Dahlin, J. Garland, A.-S. Lind, A. Singer, & S. Slokenberga (Eds.), Festskrift till Elisabeth Rynning: Integritet och rättssäkerhet inom och bortom den medicinska rätten (41–55). Iustus.
  18. ^ "Grants awarded: People Awards". Wellcome. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  19. ^ DurhamUniversity (30 September 2015). Human Cloning and Mitochondrial Donation: Mock Court Case. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  20. ^ DurhamUniversity (30 September 2015). Human Cloning and Mitochondrial Donation: Mock Parliamentary Debate. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  21. ^ DurhamUniversity (27 February 2015). Understanding stem cell research: Students' First Debate on the (fictional) Stem Cell Bill. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via YouTube.
  22. ^ Pattinson, Shaun D; Kind, Vanessa (2018). "No Uncertain Terms". The Biologist. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  23. ^ Pattinson, Shaun D; Kind, Vanessa (2017). "Using a Moot to Develop Students' Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation, 17(3) 111". Medical Law International. 17 (3): 111–133. doi:10.1177/0968533217726350. PMC 5598875. PMID 28943724.
  24. ^ Durham University (12 December 2022). "Professor Shaun Pattinson launches new book reflecting on the law applying to biomedicine'". Durham University News. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  25. ^ Pattinson, Shaun D. (2023). Law at the frontiers of biomedicine: creating, enhancing and extending human life. Oxford: Hart. ISBN 978-1-5099-4107-0.
  26. ^ Leverhulme Trust (2019). "Major Research Fellowships 2019". Leverhulme Trust Grant Listings. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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