School of Law

Staff

Biography
Eileen Fegan graduated in Law from Queen's University in 1992. In 1994 she was awarded an LLM in Feminist Legal Theory the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, after which she held lecturing posts in Lancaster University, New College, Oxford and Cardiff Law School. In her earlier career she wrote substantial articles on feminist legal theory and carried out funded empirical research in Canada on women's experiences of abortion decision-making, publishing articles in Feminist Legal Studies and Social & Legal Studies. In 1999 Eileen was a visiting scholar at Harvard, Boston and York (Toronto) University Law Schools. She also played a central role in developing Women's Studies in An-najah University on the West Bank. She rejoined Queen's University 2000, where she specialises in Gender and Law and Women's Human Rights. Eileen is currently involved in several community outreach projects throughout Northern Ireland, with ‘Women into Politics’.

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Law
• Gender and Law
• Medical Law and Ethics
  
  

Postgraduate

• LLM in Human Rights Law
• Women Rights as Human Rights

Research
Legal Theory, Legal Education, Gender and Cross Cultural Human Rights.

Selected Publications
Reclaiming Women’s Agency: Exposing the Mental Health Effects of ‘Post-Abortion Syndrome’” in Chan W., Chunn, D. and Menzies, R, (eds.) Women, Mental Disorder and the Law (London: Cavendish, 2005)

“Exploring Values in Legal Education: An Insider Perspective” in Values in Professional Practice Pattison, S., (ed.) (Oxford: Radcliffe, 2004)

“Northern Ireland’s Abortion Law: The Morality of Silence and the Censure of Agency:” (2003) XI/3 Feminist Legal Studies 1-34.

"Recovering Women: Intimate Images and Legal Strategy" (2002) 11 Social and Legal Studies 155

"Subjects Of Regulation/ Resistance? Postmodern Feminism and Women's Agency in Abortion Decision-making" (1999) 7 Feminist Legal Studies 241

"Ideology After Discourse: A Re-conceptualization for Feminist Analyses of Law" (1996) 23 Journal of Law and Society 173

Administration
Advisor of Studies, Law and Politics 2005-present
Member of Human Rights Centre Committee 2000-present