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Hannah Hirst

Hannah

Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Email: h.l.hirst@sheffield.ac.uk

Profile

Prior to joining the University of Sheffield as a Lecturer in Law, I taught Medical Law, Children's Rights and Public Law at the University of Liverpool as a Graduate Teaching Fellow.

My research interests include Child and Family Law, Healthcare Law and Ethics, and Gender, Sexuality and the Law. I am currently in the final stages of a PhD, which adopts a children's rights perspective on puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for gender diverse youth. 

Research

Publications

The Legal Rights and Wrongs of Puberty Blocking in England, (2021) Child and Family Law Quarterly, 33(2), 115-142.

Expertise

Child and Family Law, Healthcare Law and Ethics, and Gender, Sexuality and the Law.
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