Professor Sutherland researches, publishes and presents papers on child and family law around the world. In addition to her work in the Scottish and US domestic contexts, she has long pursued her interest in the comparative and international aspects of the subject.
She began her career in academia at the University of Edinburgh, in 1980, subsequently moving to the University of Glasgow. In 2006, she was recruited by the University of Stirling to join the newly-created Stirling Law School as the inaugural Professor of Child and Family Law. When she retired from teaching there, in 2020, Stirling University granted her emeritus status.
Having spent half of each year researching and teaching at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, for some 20 years until 2018, she is now a Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita there and will continue her relationship with Lewis & Clark Law School on a less scheduled basis.
From 2020 to 2023, she was a professor at the University of Bergen, Norway, working as part of an international team on the Legitimacy Challenges project: https://www.discretion.uib.no/projects/legitimacy-challenges/
Professor Sutherland is the sole author of over 160 articles and book chapters and 7 books and the editor or co-editor of 9 other volumes (see, Outputs). Some focus on Scots child and family law and, most recently, have included Child and Family Law: Vol II: Intimate Adult Relationships (2022) and articles addressing law reform, intimate adult relationships, child-parent relationships, child protection and youth justice. Other publications reflect her comparative and international law interests: see, for example, two volumes published by Cambridge University Press, The Future of Child and Family Law: International Predictions (2012) and Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Best Interests, Welfare and Well-being (2016). Yet other publications are concerned with more general developments in contemporary Scots law and its history. Since 1983, she has contributed the Scottish chapter to the International Survey of Family Law, the annual flagship publication of the International Society of Family Law, the leading academic organisation in the field.
In 2012, she founded the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Implementing Project (CRC-IP) to explore implementation of the CRC in the international and comparative contexts. To date, the CRC-IP has organised six international colloquia, examining article 12 (participation rights of the child: University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2013), article 6 (child's right to life, survival and development: University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2014), article 3 (primacy of the child's best interests: Edinburgh, Scotland, 2015), article 2 (prohibition of discrimination: University of Bergen, Norway, 2017), article 5 (parental guidance and child's evolving capacities: University of Cambridge, England, 2019) and article 4 (implementation of Convention rights: University College Cork, Ireland, 2025).
Professor Sutherland has been a member of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of Scotland for some 40 years and, in 2019, was appointed by the Scottish Law Commission to its Advisory Group on Cohabitation. She is consulted regularly by government agencies, non-governmental organisations and the media on child and family law and reform thereof and attends and presents papers at national and international conferences.
Current Appointments: Professor Emerita, University of Stirling, 2020 - present; Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, 2018 - present.
Principal previous appointments: Professor, University of Bergen, 2020 - 2023; Professor of Child and Family, Law School, University of Stirling, 2006 - 2020; Distinguished Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, 1999-2018; Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, School of Law, University of Glasgow, 1989-2005; Lecturer, Department of Scots Law, University of Edinburgh, 1980-1988; Apprentice Solicitor, Drummond & Co, W.S., Edinburgh, 1979-1980.
Current Research Projects: With one volume of the third edition of her treatise, Child and Family Law: Intimate Adult Relationships, being published in 2022, Professor Sutherland is currently working on the companion volume, Children and Young People, and writing a number of articles and book chapters.
Academic and Professional Qualifications: LLB (1st class Honours in Private Law), University of Glasgow, 1978; LLM, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1985; Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2001.
Family Law; Intimate Adult Relationships; Child Law; Comparative Child and Family Law; Youth Justice; Human Rights and the Family; Medico-Legal Issues and the Family; Gender, Sexual Orientation and the Law.
Article
How to Increase the impact of the UNCRC Act
Sutherland E (2024) How to Increase the impact of the UNCRC Act. Scottish Legal News, (25 January 2024). https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/elaine-e-sutherland-how-to-increase-the-impact-of-the-uncrc-incorporation-scotland-act-2024
Book Chapter
Scotland: Incrementalism and Compromise in Reforming Child and Family Law
Sutherland E (2023) Scotland: Incrementalism and Compromise in Reforming Child and Family Law. In: Wilson RF & Carbone J (eds.) International Survey of Family Law 2023. 1 ed. Cambridge: Intersentia, pp. 179-197. https://www.larcier-intersentia.com/en/international-survey-family-law-2023-9781839704017.html
Article
Sutherland E (2023) Still left holding the baby. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 68 (3). https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-68-issue-03/still-left-holding-the-baby/
Authored Book
Child and Family Law: Vol II: Intimate Adult Relationships
Sutherland E (2022) Child and Family Law: Vol II: Intimate Adult Relationships. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: W. Green/Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters. https://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Product/Family-and-Social-Welfare-Law/Child-and-Family-Law-Volume-II-Intimate-Adult-Relationships/Hardback/30798146
Article
"Avoid lawsuits beyond all things"
Sutherland E (2021) "Avoid lawsuits beyond all things". Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 66 (7). https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-66-issue-07/avoid-lawsuits-beyond-all-things/
Book Chapter
Sutherland E (2021) "The Enigma of Article 5 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Central or Peripheral?". In: Fenton-Glynn C & Sloan B (eds.) Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff, pp. 13-35. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004446854_003
Newspaper Article
Sutherland E (2021) Permission to jab. The Times. 08.09.2021, p. 30.
Website Content
An attempt to take child protection to a new level in Scotland
Sutherland E (2021) An attempt to take child protection to a new level in Scotland. Centre for Research on Discretion and Paternalism [Blog post] 24.08.2021. https://discretion.uib.no/an-attempt-to-take-child-protection-to-a-new-level-in-scotland/
Article
Family: Teaming up to Zoom in on marriage
Sutherland E (2021) Family: Teaming up to Zoom in on marriage. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 66 (3). https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-66-issue-03/family-teaming-up-to-zoom-in-on-marriage/
Article
Sutherland E (2020) Skelping away. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 65 (10). https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-65-issue-10/skelping-away/
Book Chapter
Making Scotland 'the best place in the world to grow up'?
Sutherland EE (2020) Making Scotland 'the best place in the world to grow up'?. In: Brinig M (ed.) International Survey of Family Law: 2020. International Survey of Family Law. Cambridge: Interesentia, pp. 215-238. https://intersentia.com/en/international-survey-of-family-law-2020.html
Article
Sutherland EE (2020) The Enigma of Article 5 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Central or Peripheral?. International Journal of Children's Rights, 28 (3), pp. 447-470. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02803008
Book Chapter
Sutherland E (2020) Unmarried cohabitation. In: George R & Eekelaar J (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy. 2nd ed. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 61-70. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Family-Law-and-Policy-2nd-edition-2nd-Edition/Eekelaar-George/p/book/9780367195526
Technical Report
Response to Scottish Law Commission Aspects of Family Law Discussion Paper on Cohabitation (2020)
Sutherland E (2020) Response to Scottish Law Commission Aspects of Family Law Discussion Paper on Cohabitation (2020). Scottish Law Commission.
Article
Nikah-only marriage: a Scottish remedy?
Sutherland EE (2020) Nikah-only marriage: a Scottish remedy?. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 65 (3). https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-65-issue-03/nikah-only-marriage-a-scottish-remedy/
Other
Sutherland EE (2020) Response to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill. Equalities and Human Rights Committee of the Scottish Parliament. EHRiC/S5/19/CPS/27. Edinburgh. https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Equal_Opps/Civil%20Partnership/CPS_27_ELAINE_SUTHERLAND.pdf
Book Chapter
Child Custody and Cognate Concepts: The Challenges
Sutherland EE (2019) Child Custody and Cognate Concepts: The Challenges. In: Stark B & Heaton J (eds.) Routledge Handbook of International Family Law. Routledge Handbooks. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 127-143. https://www.crcpress.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-International-Family-Law/Stark-Heaton/p/book/9781472483829
Article
Scots Child and Family Law: Liberty, Equality and Protection Revisited
Sutherland EE (2019) Scots Child and Family Law: Liberty, Equality and Protection Revisited. Juridical Review, 2019 (1), pp. 33-52.
Other
Response to the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the Children (Scotland) Bill 2019
Sutherland EE (2019) Response to the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the Children (Scotland) Bill 2019. Scottish Parliament. Children (Scotland) Bill Written Submissions, REF NO. J/S5/19/CH/14. Edinburgh. https://www.parliament.scot/S5_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/JS519CH14_Sutherland_Professor_Elaine.pdf
Technical Report
Sutherland EE (2019) Children’s Rights: Consultation on incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into our domestic law in Scotland. Scottish Government. Response 543048757. Edinburgh. https://consult.gov.scot/children-and-families/uncrc/consultation/view_respondent?uuId=543048757
Other
Response to Scottish Government, The future of civil partnership in Scotland
Sutherland EE (2019) Response to Scottish Government, The future of civil partnership in Scotland. Scottish Government. Scottish Government website. https://consult.gov.scot/family-law/the-future-of-civil-partnership-in-scotland/consultation/view_respondent?sort=excerpt&order=ascending&_b_index=0&uuId=443970377
Book Chapter
Sutherland EE (2019) Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Non-Discrimination and Children’s Rights. In: Skivenes M & Søvig KH (eds.) Child Rights and International Discrimination Law: Implementing Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Routledge Research in International Law. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 23-41. https://www.crcpress.com/Child-Rights-and-International-Discrimination-Law-Implementing-Article/Skivenes-Sovig/p/book/9780367074630
Other
Response to Scottish Government, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Bill: A Consultation
Sutherland EE (2019) Response to Scottish Government, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Bill: A Consultation. Scottish Government. Edinburgh. https://consult.gov.scot/violence-against-women-team/female-genital-mutilation/
Technical Report
Response to Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004: A Consultation
Sutherland EE (2018) Response to Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004: A Consultation. Scottish Government. Scottish Government.
Technical Report
Sutherland EE (2018) Response to Scottish Government, Consultation on Progressing Children’s Rights in Scotland: An Action Plan 2018-2021. Scottish Government. Edinburgh. https://consult.gov.scot/children-and-families/childrens-rights/consultation/published_select_respondent
Technical Report
Sutherland EE (2018) Response to Review of Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy: A Consultation. Scottish Government. Edinburgh. https://consult.gov.scot/family-law/children-scotland-act/consultation/view_respondent?sort=excerpt&order=ascending&_b_index=0&uuId=6946958
Technical Report
Response to Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill - Call for Evidence
Sutherland EE (2018) Response to Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill - Call for Evidence. Scottish Parliament. Equalities and Human Rights Committee, EHRiC/S5/18/ACR/31. Edinburgh. http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Equal_Opps/Inquiries/ACR_Submission_-_Prof_Elaine_Sutherland.pdf
Article
The Welfare Test: Determining the Indeterminate
Sutherland EE (2018) The Welfare Test: Determining the Indeterminate. Edinburgh Law Review, 22 (1), pp. 94-100. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2018.0457
Technical Report
Response to the Consultation on the proposed Equal Protection from Assault (Scotland) Bill
Sutherland EE (2017) Response to the Consultation on the proposed Equal Protection from Assault (Scotland) Bill. Equal Protection Consultation, 0287. John Finnie. https://johnfinniemsp.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/response-0287-publication.pdf
Technical Report
Review of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - BRIA interview
Sutherland EE (2017) Review of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - BRIA interview. Scottish Government. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Justice/law/17867/review-of-children-scotland-act-1995/1995-Act-review-BRIA-interviews/BRIA-Elaine-Sutherland
Technical Report
Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Evidence
Sutherland EE (2017) Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Evidence. Scottish Parliament. http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Education/Inquiries/20170824Elaine_E_Sutherland.pdf
Book Chapter
Scotland: Proactive Child Protection: A Step Too Far?
Sutherland EE (2017) Scotland: Proactive Child Protection: A Step Too Far?. In: Brinig M & Banda F (eds.) International Survey of Family Law: 2017 Edition. International Survey of Family Law. Bristol: Jordans/Family Law, pp. 287-309. https://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/the-international-survey-of-family-law-2017-edition
Article
Family law: still scope for reform
Sutherland EE (2017) Family law: still scope for reform. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 62 (7). http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/62-7/1023495.aspx
Book Chapter
Sutherland EE (2016) Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Challenges of Vagueness and Priorities. In: Sutherland E & Macfarlane L (eds.) Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Best Interests, Welfare and Well-being. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-50. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/un-and-international-organisations/implementing-article-3-united-nations-convention-rights-child-best-interests-welfare-and-well-being?format=HB#contentsTabAnchor
Book Chapter
Sutherland EE & Macfarlane LB (2016) Introduction. In: Sutherland E & Macfarlane L (eds.) Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Best Interests, Welfare and Well-being. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-18. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/un-and-international-organisations/implementing-article-3-united-nations-convention-rights-child-best-interests-welfare-and-well-being?format=HB&isbn=9781107158252#contentsTabAnchor
Edited Book
Sutherland EE & Macfarlane LB (eds.) (2016) Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Best Interests, Welfare and Well-being. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/un-and-international-organisations/implementing-article-3-united-nations-convention-rights-child-best-interests-welfare-and-well-being?format=HB#contentsTabAnchor
Article
Raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Scotland: law reform at last?
Sutherland EE (2016) Raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Scotland: law reform at last?. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 67 (3), pp. 387-406. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/nilq67&div=1&id=&page=&collection=journals
Other
Beyond the named person service
Sutherland EE (2016) Beyond the named person service. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 61 (9). http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/#.V-3CvmcVCEU
Technical Report
Response to Scottish Government Consultation on the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
Sutherland EE (2016) Response to Scottish Government Consultation on the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility. Scottish Government. Scottish Government. https://consult.scotland.gov.uk/youth-justice/minimum-age-of-criminal-responsibility/consultation/published_select_respondent?
Technical Report
Sutherland EE (2016) Response to invitation to comment to the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament, Post-legislative Review of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006. Scottish Parliament. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_JusticeCommittee/Inquiries/FL1._Elaine_Sutherland.pdf
Book Chapter
Win Some, Lose Some, But Never Give Up
Sutherland EE (2015) Win Some, Lose Some, But Never Give Up. In: Atkin B & Banda F (eds.) The International Survey of Family Law: 2015 Edition. 2015 Edition ed. International Survey of Family Law. Bristol: Jordan Publishing for the International Society of Family Law. http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/practice-areas/family/publications/international-survey-of-family-law-2015-edition-the#.VQFpGE9F3cs
Article
The Child's Right to Life, Survival and Development: Evolution and Progress
Sutherland EE (2015) The Child's Right to Life, Survival and Development: Evolution and Progress. Stellenbosch Law Review, 26 (2), pp. 272-294.
Other
Time to raise the age of criminal responsibility
Sutherland EE (2015) Time to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 60 (9). http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/60-9/1020694.aspx
Other
Dad or Undad: Liability for Paternity Fraud
Sutherland EE (2015) Dad or Undad: Liability for Paternity Fraud. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, Online, 60 (8). http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/60-8/1020598.aspx
Newspaper Article
Agenda: Time to raise the age of criminality to 12
Sutherland EE (2015) Agenda: Time to raise the age of criminality to 12. The Herald Scotland. 31.08.2015. http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13635958.Herald_View__The_need_for_reform_of_criminal_responsibility/
Article
Listening to the Child’s Voice in the Family Setting: From Aspiration to Reality
Sutherland EE (2014) Listening to the Child’s Voice in the Family Setting: From Aspiration to Reality. Child and Family Law Quarterly, 26 (2), pp. 152-172. http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/practice-areas/family/publications/child-and-family-law-quarterly
Authored Book
Sutherland EE (2014) Family Law Basics. 3 ed. LawBasics. Edinburgh, Scotland: W. Green. http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=536030&recordid=5782
Technical Report
Evidence to the Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament: PE1513
Sutherland EE (2014) Evidence to the Public Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament: PE1513. Scottish Parliament. http://www.parliament.scot/S4_PublicPetitionsCommittee/General%20Documents/PE1513_M_Prof_Elaine_Sutherland_25.07.14.pdf
Other
Sutherland EE (2014) "It is a wise father...". Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 59. http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/59-6/1014070.aspx
Book Chapter
Sutherland EE (2014) Unmarried cohabitation. In: Eekelaar J & George R (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Family Law and Policy. Routledge Handbooks. London: Routledge, pp. 61-70. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415640404/
Book Chapter
Martyrs to Circumstance: Longworth v Yelverton
Sutherland EE (2013) Martyrs to Circumstance: Longworth v Yelverton. In: Grant J & Sutherland E (eds.) Pronounced for Doom: Early Scots Law Tales. Edinburgh: Avizandum Publishing. http://www.avizandum.co.uk/content/pronounced-doom
Book Chapter
Child Law: Respecting the Rights of Children
Sutherland EE (2013) Child Law: Respecting the Rights of Children. In: Visser D & Reid E (eds.) Private Law and Human Rights: Bringing Rights Home in Scotland and South Africa. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 81-105. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748684175
Book Chapter
Scotland: Can Family Law Be Rendered More Accessible?
Sutherland EE (2013) Scotland: Can Family Law Be Rendered More Accessible?. In: Aitken B (ed.) International Survey of Family Law 2013. The International Survey of Family Law Series, 20. Bristol: Jordans/Family Law, pp. 333-342. http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/publications/family-law/-international-survey-of-family-law-2013-
Edited Book
Pronounced for Doom: Early Scots Law Tales
Grant J & Sutherland EE (eds.) (2013) Pronounced for Doom: Early Scots Law Tales. Edinburgh: Avizandum Publishing. http://www.avizandum.co.uk/content/pronounced-doom
Other
Sutherland EE (2013) Written Evidence to the Education and Culture Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_EducationandCultureCommittee/Children%20and%20Young%20People%20(Scotland)%20Bill/Elaine_E._Sutherland.pdf
Other
Sutherland EE (2013) Bringing order to family law. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 58 (9). http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/58-9/1013027.aspx
Article
Listening to the Voice of the Child: The Evolution of Participation Rights
Sutherland EE (2013) Listening to the Voice of the Child: The Evolution of Participation Rights. New Zealand Law Review, 2013 (3), pp. 335-355. http://www.nzlawreview.org.nz
Article
From 'Bidie-in' to 'Cohabitant' in Scotland:The Perils of Legislative Compromise
Sutherland EE (2013) From 'Bidie-in' to 'Cohabitant' in Scotland:The Perils of Legislative Compromise. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 27 (2), pp. 143-175. https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebt006
Other
Giving the state sole jurisdiction over marriage would simplify the law
Sutherland EE (2013) Giving the state sole jurisdiction over marriage would simplify the law. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 58 (4), p. 5. http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/58-4/1012446.aspx
Other
The Rights of Children and Young People (Scottish Government, 2011) - Consultation Response
Sutherland EE (2012) The Rights of Children and Young People (Scottish Government, 2011) - Consultation Response. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0038/00386635.pdf
Other
Sutherland EE (2012) The Registration of Civil Partnerships Same-Sex Marriage: A Consultation (Scottish Government, 2011) - Consultation Response. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
Other
Consultation on the Children and Young People Bill (Scottish Government, 2012) - Response
Sutherland EE (2012) Consultation on the Children and Young People Bill (Scottish Government, 2012) - Response. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0040/00406353.pdf
Book Chapter
Scotland: the marriage of principle and pragmatism
Sutherland EE (2012) Scotland: the marriage of principle and pragmatism. In: Sutherland E (ed.) The Future of Child and Family Law: International Predictions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 363-397. http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107006805
Book Chapter
Imperatives and challenges in child and family law: commonalities and disparities
Sutherland EE (2012) Imperatives and challenges in child and family law: commonalities and disparities. In: Sutherland E (ed.) The Future of Child and Family Law: International Predictions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-46. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6823160/The%20Future%20of%20Child%20and%20Family%20Law/?site_locale=en_GB
Edited Book
The Future of Child and Family Law: International Predictions
Sutherland EE (ed.) (2012) The Future of Child and Family Law: International Predictions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6823160/The%20Future%20of%20Child%20and%20Family%20Law/?site_locale=en_GB
Other
Rights of Children and Young People Bill: Consultation Paper - Response Booklet
Sutherland EE (2011) Rights of Children and Young People Bill: Consultation Paper - Response Booklet. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0038/00386635.pdf
Other
Sutherland EE (2011) Holyrood: a verdict. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 56 (5), pp. 22-24. http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/56-5/1009687.aspx
Book Chapter
Child and Family Law: Progress and Pusillanimity
Sutherland EE (2011) Child and Family Law: Progress and Pusillanimity. In: Sutherland E, Goodall K, Little G & Davidson F (eds.) Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 58-83. http://edinburgh.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748640195.001.0001/upso-9780748640195-chapter-004
Book Chapter
Sutherland EE (2011) Scotland: 'The easing of certain legal difficulties': Limited Legal Recognition of Cohabitation Under Scots Law'. In: Aitken B (ed.) International Survey of Family Law: 2011 edition. The International Survey of Family Law, 18. Bristol: Jordans/Family Law, pp. 335-368. http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/publications/family-law/international-survey-of-family-law-2011-%20edition-the
Book Chapter
Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years in Context
Sutherland EE, Goodall K, Little G & Davidson F (2011) Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years in Context. In: Sutherland E, Goodall K, Little G & Davidson F (eds.) Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 3-8. http://edinburgh.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748640195.001.0001/upso-9780748640195-chapter-001
Edited Book
Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years
Sutherland EE, Goodall K, Little G & Davidson F (eds.) (2011) Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years. Edinburgh Studies in Law. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748640195
Book Chapter
The Reform of the Scottish Judiciary
Little GFM (2011) The Reform of the Scottish Judiciary. In: Sutherland EE, Goodall KE, Little GFM & Davidson FP (eds.) Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years. Edinburgh Studies in Law, 9. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 183-207. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748640195.003.0027
Article
A Step Closer to Same-Sex Marriage Throughout Europe
Sutherland EE (2011) A Step Closer to Same-Sex Marriage Throughout Europe. Edinburgh Law Review, 15 (1), pp. 97-102. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2011.0008
Other
End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill (Scottish Government, 2010) - Response
Sutherland EE (2010) End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill (Scottish Government, 2010) - Response. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
Book Chapter
A Knock at the Door: Sloan v B: The Orkney Case
Sutherland EE (2010) A Knock at the Door: Sloan v B: The Orkney Case. In: Grant J & Sutherland E (eds.) Scots Law Tales. Dundee: Dundee University Press. http://www.dundee.ac.uk/dup/books/scot-law-tables/
Edited Book
Grant J & Sutherland EE (eds.) (2010) Scots Law Tales. Dundee: Dundee University Press.
Book Chapter
The Child in Conflict with the Law
Sutherland EE (2009) The Child in Conflict with the Law. In: Cleland A & Sutherland E (eds.) Children’s Rights in Scotland. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: W. Green, pp. 296-319.
Book Chapter
Care of the Child Within the Family
Sutherland EE (2009) Care of the Child Within the Family. In: Cleland A & Sutherland E (eds.) Children’s Rights in Scotland. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: W. Green, pp. 86-105.
Book Chapter
International Standards and Scots Law
Sutherland EE & Grant J (2009) International Standards and Scots Law. In: Cleland A & Sutherland E (eds.) Children’s Rights in Scotland. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: W. Green, pp. 40-61.
Book Chapter
Children's Rights in Scotland: Where Are We Now?
Sutherland EE & Cleland A (2009) Children's Rights in Scotland: Where Are We Now?. In: Cleland A & Sutherland E (eds.) Children's Rights in Scotland. 3rd ed. Edinburgh: W. Green, pp. 1-22. http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=33599&recordid=2902
Edited Book
Cleland A & Sutherland EE (eds.) (2009) Children's Rights in Scotland, 3rd ed. Edinburgh: W. Green. http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=33599&recordid=2902
Article
Child Law in Scotland: 1989-2009
Sutherland EE (2009) Child Law in Scotland: 1989-2009. Greens Family Law Bulletin, pp. 14-17.
Book Chapter
What has a Decade of Devolution done for Scots Family Law?
Sutherland EE (2009) What has a Decade of Devolution done for Scots Family Law?. In: Aitken B (ed.) The International Survey of Family Law 2009. 2009 Edition ed. The International Survey of Family Law, 16. Bristol: Jordan Publishing, Family Law. http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/Publications/catDetails.aspx?productID=877
Other
Sutherland EE (2008) Strengthening for the Future: Consultation document on reform of the Children's Hearings System (Scottish Government, 2008) - Response. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/271129/0080741.pdf
Article
A Veiled Threat to Children's Rights? Religious Dress in Schools and the Rights of Young People
Sutherland EE (2008) A Veiled Threat to Children's Rights? Religious Dress in Schools and the Rights of Young People. Juridical Review, 53 (3), pp. 143-170. http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx?recordid=475&productid=7122#aDesc
Authored Book
Sutherland EE (2008) Family Law. 2nd ed. LawBasics Series. Edinburgh: W. Green.
Authored Book
Sutherland EE (2008) Child and Family Law. 2 ed. Edinburgh: W. Green.
Article
Undue Deference to Experts Syndrome?
Sutherland EE (2006) Undue Deference to Experts Syndrome?. Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 16 (2), pp. 375-421. http://indylaw.indiana.edu/iiclr/contents.cfm
Book Chapter
Is there a Right Not to Procreate?
Sutherland EE (2006) Is there a Right Not to Procreate?. In: McLean S (ed.) First Do No Harm: Law, Ethics, and Healthcare. Applied Legal Phiosophy Series. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 319-336. http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754626145
Article
Family Law in Europe: from Mutual Recognition and Enforcement to Harmonisation of Substantive Law?
Sutherland EE (2006) Family Law in Europe: from Mutual Recognition and Enforcement to Harmonisation of Substantive Law?. International Family Law, 2006, pp. 167-169.
Book Chapter
Scotland: Offending and Offensive Young People: Why Mandatory Parenting Education is Not the Answer
Sutherland EE (2005) Scotland: Offending and Offensive Young People: Why Mandatory Parenting Education is Not the Answer. In: Bainham A (ed.) International Survey of Family Law: 2005 Edition. The International Survey of Family Law series, 12. Bristol: Family Law, pp. 463-548.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Sutherland EE (2005) What a difference a Convention makes: The United Kingdom experience of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. 23rd Conference of the National Association of Counsel for Children, Washington, D.C., 11.11.2000-12.11.2000.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Undue Deference to Experts Syndrome?
Sutherland EE (2005) Undue Deference to Experts Syndrome?. 12th International Conference of the International Society of Family Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 19.07.2005-23.07.2005. http://www.law2.byu.edu/isfl/saltlakeconference/papers/isflpdfs/Sutherland.pdf
Conference Paper (published)
Lessons from Orkney: Child Protection in Scotland
Sutherland EE (2004) Lessons from Orkney: Child Protection in Scotland. In: D'Abate D & Rowe W (eds.) Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on the Child, Montreal (Quebec), Canada, October 13-14-15, 1999, Children and Violence: Our Individual, Family and Collective Responsibilities. 4th International Conference on the Child, Organization for the Protection of Children’s Rights, Children and Violence: Our Individual, Family and Collective Responsibilities, Montreal, Canada, 13.10.1999-15.10.1999. Montreal: Theo Done and Associates Ltd. pp. 257-271. http://www.osde.ca/pdf/actes_4_congres.pdf
Other
Sutherland EE (2004) Written Consultation: Family Matters: Improving Family Law in Scotland (Scottish Executive, 2004) - Response. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
Article
Parenting Orders: A Culturally Alien Response of Questionable Efficacy
Sutherland EE (2004) Parenting Orders: A Culturally Alien Response of Questionable Efficacy. Juridical Review, 49 (2), pp. 105-132.
Book Chapter
'Child Law' in Kenneth McK Norrie, Elaine E Sutherland and Alison Cleland, Child and Family Law
Sutherland EE (2004) 'Child Law' in Kenneth McK Norrie, Elaine E Sutherland and Alison Cleland, Child and Family Law. In: Whitty N (ed.) The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: The Law Society of Scotland/LexisNexis UK, pp. 6-39, 63-253. http://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/store/uk/The-Laws-of-Scotland-Stair-Memorial-Encyclopaedia/product
Article
The Civil Partnership Bill - Marriage by any other name?
Sutherland EE (2004) The Civil Partnership Bill - Marriage by any other name?. Greens Family Law Bulletin, 69, pp. 5-6.
Other
Sutherland EE (2003) Civil Partnership Registration: A Legal Status for Committed Same-Sex Couples in Scotland (Scottish Executive, 2003) - Response. Edinburgh: Scottish Executive.
Book Chapter
Can International Conventions Drive Domestic Law Reform? The Case of Physical Punishment of Children
Sutherland EE (2003) Can International Conventions Drive Domestic Law Reform? The Case of Physical Punishment of Children. In: Dewar J J & Parker S (eds.) Family Law: Processes, Practices and Pressures. Portland, OR, USA: Hart Publishing, pp. 475-489. http://www.hartpublishingusa.com/books/details.asp?isbn=9781841133089
