Sylvie Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3799021 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvie Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvie |
| FAMILY NAME | Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | ARMSTRONG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9419-8518 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Labour is labour
Though it is widely accepted that United Kingdom (UK) surrogacy laws are in need of reform, how they should be reformed remains a matter of considerable disagreement. This article explores a new regulatory suggestion: labour law. Building on the extensive sociological and anthropological literature that has conceptualized contract pregnancy as a form of work, it considers whether and how this might translate into a new regulatory framework, drawi…
Surrogacy
Though commercial surrogates are paid for providing a service, there is systemic reluctance to characterize these arrangements as ‘work’. No jurisdiction in the world currently uses a labour law model to regulate this practice. Perhaps more significantly, research has found that industry narratives in popular commercial destinations including Georgia, California, and (formerly) India are constructed around expectations of altruism, which distance…
Surrogacy
Though commercial surrogates are paid for providing a service, there is systemic reluctance to characterize these arrangements as ‘work’. No jurisdiction in the world currently uses a labour law model to regulate this practice. Perhaps more significantly, research has found that industry narratives in popular commercial destinations including Georgia, California, and (formerly) India are constructed around expectations of altruism, which distance…
Surrogacy
Though commercial surrogates are paid for providing a service, there is systemic reluctance to characterize these arrangements as ‘work’. No jurisdiction in the world currently uses a labour law model to regulate this practice. Perhaps more significantly, research has found that industry narratives in popular commercial destinations including Georgia, California, and (formerly) India are constructed around expectations of altruism, which distance…
Labour is labour
Though it is widely accepted that United Kingdom (UK) surrogacy laws are in need of reform, how they should be reformed remains a matter of considerable disagreement. This article explores a new regulatory suggestion: labour law. Building on the extensive sociological and anthropological literature that has conceptualized contract pregnancy as a form of work, it considers whether and how this might translate into a new regulatory framework, drawi…
Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 work) · Currency (1 work) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (1 work) · Devaluation (1 work)