Nicola Barker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicola Barker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicola |
| FAMILY NAME | Barker |
| SIGNATURE | BARKER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keele University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4223-713X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Civil Partnerships Twenty Years Later
‘Marry in Haste …’
In 2018, the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda revoked the right to marry for same-sex couples. In a judgment that reconceives the relationship between sexual orientation and religious freedoms, the Bermuda Supreme Court and Court of Appeal found this revocation to be unconstitutional. I explore the political and legal context in which same-sex marriage was granted and then revoked in Bermuda. I also consider the Bermuda Courts’ judgments in …
Wench Tactics? Openings in Conditions of Closure
Picking up the question of what FLaK might be, this editorial considers the relationship between openness and closure in feminist legal studies. How do we draw on feminist struggles for openness in common resources, from security to knowledge, as we inhabit a compromised space in commercial publishing? We think about this first in relation to the content of this issue: on image-based abuse continuums, asylum struggles, trials of protestors, custo…
A Preliminary Assessment of the Role of Ambient Nitric Oxide Exposure in Hospitalization with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis
Some in vitro studies have indicated a possible link between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and exposure to Nitric Oxide (NO). However, these studies used much higher NO concentrations than normally found in the ambient environment. This preliminary study explored whether an association was present with short-term exposure to NO in the environment. RSV-related admission data between November 2011 and February 2012 were obtained from …
Ambiguous symbolisms
In this article I draw on the South African legal context to critique the argument that same-sex marriage would provide ‘equal recognition’ for same-sex relationships. I highlight the ways in which, despite strong equality provisions in the South African Constitution and an apparent commitment to substantive rather than merely formal equality, both customary marriage and same-sex marriage continue to be subordinate to heterosexual civil marriage.…
From social security to individual responsibility
The Welfare Reform Bill 2009 is the latest development in New Labour's ‘responsibility’ agenda.2 Based largely on commissioned reports by former investment financier David Freud (2007) and economis
Sex and the civil partnership act
Current developments
Bendy‐Linda
Sex and the civil partnership act
From social security to individual responsibility
The Welfare Reform Bill 2009 is the latest development in New Labour's ‘responsibility’ agenda.2 Based largely on commissioned reports by former investment financier David Freud (2007) and economis
Current developments
Wench Tactics? Openings in Conditions of Closure
Picking up the question of what FLaK might be, this editorial considers the relationship between openness and closure in feminist legal studies. How do we draw on feminist struggles for openness in common resources, from security to knowledge, as we inhabit a compromised space in commercial publishing? We think about this first in relation to the content of this issue: on image-based abuse continuums, asylum struggles, trials of protestors, custo…
Ambiguous symbolisms
In this article I draw on the South African legal context to critique the argument that same-sex marriage would provide ‘equal recognition’ for same-sex relationships. I highlight the ways in which, despite strong equality provisions in the South African Constitution and an apparent commitment to substantive rather than merely formal equality, both customary marriage and same-sex marriage continue to be subordinate to heterosexual civil marriage.…
Bendy‐Linda
Current developments
Sex and the civil partnership act
From social security to individual responsibility
The Welfare Reform Bill 2009 is the latest development in New Labour's ‘responsibility’ agenda.2 Based largely on commissioned reports by former investment financier David Freud (2007) and economis
Ambiguous symbolisms
In this article I draw on the South African legal context to critique the argument that same-sex marriage would provide ‘equal recognition’ for same-sex relationships. I highlight the ways in which, despite strong equality provisions in the South African Constitution and an apparent commitment to substantive rather than merely formal equality, both customary marriage and same-sex marriage continue to be subordinate to heterosexual civil marriage.…
A Preliminary Assessment of the Role of Ambient Nitric Oxide Exposure in Hospitalization with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis
Some in vitro studies have indicated a possible link between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and exposure to Nitric Oxide (NO). However, these studies used much higher NO concentrations than normally found in the ambient environment. This preliminary study explored whether an association was present with short-term exposure to NO in the environment. RSV-related admission data between November 2011 and February 2012 were obtained from …
Wench Tactics? Openings in Conditions of Closure
Picking up the question of what FLaK might be, this editorial considers the relationship between openness and closure in feminist legal studies. How do we draw on feminist struggles for openness in common resources, from security to knowledge, as we inhabit a compromised space in commercial publishing? We think about this first in relation to the content of this issue: on image-based abuse continuums, asylum struggles, trials of protestors, custo…
‘Marry in Haste …’
In 2018, the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda revoked the right to marry for same-sex couples. In a judgment that reconceives the relationship between sexual orientation and religious freedoms, the Bermuda Supreme Court and Court of Appeal found this revocation to be unconstitutional. I explore the political and legal context in which same-sex marriage was granted and then revoked in Bermuda. I also consider the Bermuda Courts’ judgments in …
Civil Partnerships Twenty Years Later
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)