Professor John Coggon
PhD, LLB
Current positions
Chair in Law
University of Bristol Law School
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
"UK Ethics Accelerator: Coordinating and Mobilising Ethics Research Excellence to Inform Keu Challenges in a Pandemic Crisis”
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/12/2020 to 31/05/2022
The budget value is 100%
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/10/2019 to 30/09/2024
AHRC Via Uni of Kent
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/11/2018 to 31/10/2021
Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Although the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in England and Wales expressly seeks to empower persons with impairments to participate in decisions about their care and treatment, the extent to which…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/11/2018 to 31/10/2021
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
25/02/2025Health Inequalities, Law, and Society
Diverse Voices in Health Law and Ethics
How societal impact is understood and approached across a newly formed community of researchers with an ambitious ‘health of the public’ agenda
Research Evaluation
Is Mental Capacity Law Law?
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
Making Sense of John Harris and The Value of Life
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
Minding the Epistemic Gap
Clinical Ethics
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