Dietz, C orcid.org/0000-0003-4643-3402 (2020) Jurisdiction in trans health. Journal of Law and Society, 47 (1). pp. 60-86. ISSN 0263-323X
Abstract
This article utilizes a novel framework to analyse the contested boundaries between law and medicine. Bringing theoretical and empirical insights together, it expands recent socio-legal scholarship on jurisdiction. Jurisdictional analysis is conducted in an under-researched area of health law – namely, the accessibility of trans-related healthcare. The article draws upon the first qualitative research project to assess the impact of self-declaration of legal gender status in Denmark.This was adopted in 2014, at the same time as access to hormones and surgeries was centralized and restricted. The combined impact of these reforms disappointed the trans people interviewed, which demonstrates the importance of identifying how legal and medical norms interrelate.Jurisdictional analysis helps to illuminate how law was used to develop and protect professional competencies. Such insights will be valuable for researchers interested in the potential of self-declaration, and forscholars of health law and socio-legal studies more generally.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author. Journal of Law and Society © 2020 Cardiff University Law School. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Dietz, C. (2020), Jurisdiction in Trans Health. J. Law Soc., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12212. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2019 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jols.12212 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:153465 |