Kate Greasley

Dr Kate Greasley serves as an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Oxford and Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College. She teaches undergraduate courses in Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, and Medical Law & Ethics, building on her distinguished academic background including a first-class law degree from New College, Oxford.

Her educational qualifications:

• First-class Law Degree, New College, Oxford
• BCL, University of Oxford
• DPhil, University of Oxford (Thesis: Personhood in Abortion Laws)

Dr Greasley's research critically engages with Philosophy of Law, Criminal Law Theory, Applied Ethics, and Feminist Legal Theory, particularly focusing on medical law controversies. Her influential publications include the monograph Arguments About Abortion: Personhood, Morality, and Law (2017) and co-authored work Abortion Rights: For and Against (2017), establishing her as a leading voice in abortion jurisprudence.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent scholarly engagement with the moral foundations of legal rules in high-stakes contexts, especially reproductive rights and end-of-life decisions. Her work demonstrates interdisciplinary rigor bridging legal doctrine, philosophical ethics, and practical medical regulation, with recurring emphasis on personhood concepts and bodily autonomy.

Dr Greasley's scientific awards have not been detailed in available institutional records.

As Hertford College's Tutorial Fellow, she provides comprehensive academic supervision for undergraduate law students. Her professional trajectory includes a stipendiary lectureship at Hertford College during doctoral studies, a Junior Research Fellowship at University College, Oxford, and prior lecturing position at University College London's Law Faculty before returning to Hertford in 2018.