Jonathan Herring

Professor Jonathan Herring serves at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford with a focus on Medical Law and Ethics, Family Law, Criminal Law, and Vulnerability Theory. His work bridges feminist ethics of care with legal frameworks, challenging traditional individualistic approaches.

• DM Wolfe-Clarendon Fellow, Exeter College
• Editorial Board: Child and Family Law Quarterly

Research Interests

He investigates law's interaction with human relationships, emphasizing areas like domestic abuse as human rights violation, pregnancy regulation, mental capacity ethics, and dementia-related legal reforms. His Law Through the Life Course (2021) examines age-based legal assumptions.

Publication Trends

Recent works focus on obstetric violence (with Pickles), fragile X syndrome ethics (with Johnson), and revising sexual offense consent models. Articles span 2017-2025, showing sustained engagement with vulnerability theory and relational legal philosophy.

Teaching Contributions

He instructs Criminal Law, Family Law, and Medical Law and Ethics for Oxford's BA Jurisprudence, plus Medical and Family Law BCL courses. Supervises DPhil topics across domestic abuse, obstetric violence, and trans parenthood.