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Rosa Freedman

Rosa Freedman is a professor of law, conflict and global development at the University of Reading. She has previously written under the name Rosa Davis

October 2018

  • Transgender symbol painted in the palm of a hand

    'Shifting sands': six legal views on the transgender debate

    Julian Norman, Alex Sharpe, Rosa Freedman, Rosemary Auchmuty, Stephen Whittle, Maureen O'Hara and Peter Dunne
    Lawyers examine possible consequences of the proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act

July 2010

  • Making jury service pay

    Rosa Freedman
    Rosa Freedman: Loss of earnings and childcare costs leave many jurors out of pocket and encourage deferrals, but this is easily remedied

June 2010

  • child mother

    Let's redistribute child benefit ourselves

    Rosa Freedman
    Rosa Freedman: George Osborne has refused to cut child benefit for the wealthy. If you can afford it, why not give up yours to a needier family?

May 2010

  • Cif belief
    The ultra-Orthodox face up to abuse

    Rosa Freedman
    Rosa Freedman: Catholicism doesn't have a monopoly on child abuse scandals, as the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has discovered

February 2010

  • Make STD testing mandatory

    Rosa Freedman
    Rosa Freedman: Legal and financial disincentives stop people getting checked. Compulsory testing would halt the spread of chlamydia and HIV

October 2009

  • Cif belief
    Circumcision – above the law?

    Rosa Freedman

    Rosa Freedman: In anything other than a religious context, male circumcision would be regarded as a crime. The law must be made clearer

April 2009

  • liberty central
    Are students switched on to the erosion of our rights?

    Rosa Freedman

    Rosa Freedman: Two recent discussions in an undergraduate law class reveal some worrying attitudes towards civil liberties and human rights

January 2009

  • The left must wake up

    Rosa Freedman and Luke McDonagh

    Rosa Freedman and Luke McDonagh: After being asleep on the economy for two decades, it's time to ensure the system messed up by the right has fairness at its heart

December 2008

  • Cif belief
    Lecturers are not border police

    Rosa Freedman

    Rosa Freedman: Guidelines on monitoring foreign students are unfair, degrading and will undermine the quality of university life

November 2008

  • Cif belief
    Dangerous liaisons

    Rosa Freedman

    Rosa Freedman: Is there really any place for polygamy in English law, as a leading Muslim figure recently argued?

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