The circumcision of infants, once regarded as relatively uncontroversial, has become a focus for medical and legal debate involving both significant support and pressure groups, and a rapidly growing body of medical and legal literature. This paper considers the legality of infant circumcision in English law, both in the context of established doctrines of family and criminal law, and under the Human Rights Act. A number of assumptions underpin this paper, which need to be outlined before moving on to discussion of the substantive English law.
Peter W. Edge. Male Circumcision After the Human Rights Act 1998. 5 J Civil Liberties 320 (2000).
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Human Rights Act. A number of assumptions underpin this paper, which need to be outlined before moving on to discussion of the substantive English law.