LLB(Hons) PhD(Otago) RCompN
Contact details
Email jeanne.snelling@otago.ac.nz
Teaching
Jeanne's teaching includes: Law and Medicine, An Introduction to Law and New Technologies, Criminal Law, and a new paper: Law and the Biosciences. She is the Faculty of Law convenor of the Masters in Bioethics and Health Law.
Research interests
Jeanne's research interests encompass health law and the regulation of biomedical technologies.
Background
Prior to commencing a full-time position in the Faculty of Law in 2021, Jeanne held a joint position with the Faculty and the Bioethics Centre, where she was the Lead Academic for health law teaching in the medical school and the allied health professions, and co-taught Bioethics and the Life Sciences.
Publications
Snelling, J. (2022). Critiquing the End of Life Choice Act 2019. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 30, 1-30. Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J. M. (2022). Beyond criminalisation: Abortion law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand. Medical Law Review, 30(2), 216-242. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwab051 Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J. M. (2020). Obstruction and obfuscation: Regulatory barriers to human embryo research in New Zealand. Medical Law International, 20(4), 339-367. doi: 10.1177/0968533220984227 Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J. (2019). Sexual health, reproductive liberty and adults with impaired capacity. In I. Reuvecamp & J. Dawson (Eds.), Mental capacity law in New Zealand. (pp. 251-267). Wellington, New Zealand: Thomson Reuters. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J., & Douglass, A. (2019). Legal capacity and supported decision-making. In I. Reuvecamp & J. Dawson (Eds.), Mental capacity law in New Zealand. (pp. 163-177). Wellington, New Zealand: Thomson Reuters. Chapter in Book - Research
Young, J., Snelling, J., Beaumont, S., Diesfeld, K., White, B., Willmott, L., … Egan, R., … Winters, J. (2023). What do health care professionals want to know about assisted dying? Setting the research agenda in New Zealand. BMC Palliative Care, 22, 40. doi: 10.1186/s12904-023-01159-8 Journal - Research Article
Young, J. E., Winters, J., Snelling, J., White, B., Gavaghan, C., Geddis, A., & Egan, R. (2021). The End of Life Choice Act: A proposed implementation and research agenda. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1544), 145-158. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other
Ballantyne, A., Gavaghan, C., & Snelling, J. (2019). Doctors' rights to conscientiously object to refer patients to abortion service providers. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1499), 64-71. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Other
Penman, D., Scott, B., Allison, J., Buckley, T., Dearden, P., Drummond, A., … Henaghan, M., … Matisoo-Smith, L., … Robertson, S., Wilcox, P., Everett-Hincks, J., McMillan, J., & Snelling, J. (2019). Gene editing: Scenarios in healthcare. (pp. 1-27). Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society Te Apārangi. [Technical/Scientific Report]. Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
McKenzie, R., Diong, J., Snelling, J., Anderson, L., & van Rij, A. M. (2018). Incidental findings during a surgical procedure: Current practice and ethical implications. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1469), 10-19. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Article
van Rij, A., Thomas, J., McKenzie, R., Diong, J., Frizelle, F., Snelling, J., & Anderson, L. (2018). Incidental findings during a surgical procedure: Patient and public perspectives. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1469), 20-31. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J., & McMillan, J. (2017). Equality: Old debates, new technologies. In R. Brownsword, E. Scotford & K. Yeung (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of law, regulation, and technology. (pp. 69-89). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199680832.013.3 Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J., Kerruish, N., & Lenagh-Glue, J. (2017). Judging genes & choosing children: Revisiting the law, ethics & policy in the genomics era. Commissioned by New Zealand Law Foundation. 303p. Commissioned Report for External Body
Snelling, J. (2017). A time for change? The divergent approach of Canada and New Zealand to donor conception and donor identification. In T. Lemmens, A. F. Martin, C. Milne & I. B. Lee (Eds.), Regulating creation: The law, ethics, and policy of assisted human reproduction. (pp. 206-231). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J. (2016). Minors and contested medical-surgical treatment: Where are we with best interests? Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 25(1), 50-62. doi: 10.1017/S0963180115000286 Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J., Kerruish, N., & Lenagh-Glue, J. (2016). Non-invasive prenatal testing: The problem with "fast cars". Journal of Law & Medicine, 24, 203-220. Journal - Research Article
Kerruish, N., & Snelling, J. (2016). Children with profound cognitive impairment: Growth attenuation and the ZPD. In R. McDougall, C. Delaney & L. Gillam (Eds.), When doctors and parents disagree: Ethics, paediatrics and the zone of parental discretion. (pp. 166-187). Sydney, Australia: Federation Press. Chapter in Book - Research
McDougall, R., Gillam, L., Kerruish, N., & Snelling, J. (2016). Within the ZPD: Focusing on harm and children's interests. In R. McDougall, C. Delaney & L. Gillam (Eds.), When doctors and parents disagree: Ethics, paediatrics and the zone of parental discretion. (pp. 25-40). Sydney, Australia: Federation Press. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J. (2015). Revisiting Re X: Hysterectomy, removal of reproductive capacity and the severely intellectually disabled child in New Zealand. Journal of Law & Medicine, 22(3), 679-697. Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J., & Gavaghan, C. (2015). PGD past and present: Is the HFE Act 1990 now 'fit for purpose'? In K. Horsey (Ed.), Revisiting the regulation of human fertilisation and embryology. (pp. 80-97). London, UK: Routledge. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J., & McMillan, J. (2015). Psychosurgery. In H. ten Have (Ed.), Encyclopedia of global bioethics. Springer International. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-05544-2_356-1 Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, L., Snelling, J., & van Rij, A. (2015). Incidental findings in surgery. British Journal of Surgery, 102(5), 433-435. doi: 10.1002/bjs.9719 Journal - Research Article
Johnson, R., Gillett, G., & Snelling, J. (2014). Regulation of cognitive enhancement devices: Commentary. Journal of Law & the Biosciences, 1(3), 328-333. doi: 10.1093/jlb/lsu017 Journal - Research Other
Gavaghan, C., Snelling, J., & McMillan, J. (2014). Better and better and better? A legal and ethical analysis of preventive detention in New Zealand. Commissioned by New Zealand Law Foundation. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. 94p. Commissioned Report for External Body
Snelling, J. (2013). Cartwright calamities, Frankensteinian monsters and the regulation of PGD in New Zealand. In S. A. M. Mclean & S. Elliston (Eds.), Regulating pre-implantation genetic diagnosis: A comparative and theoretical analysis. (pp. 171-198). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J., Anderson, L., & van Rij, A. (2013). “Incidental findings” during surgery: A surgical dilemma or the price paid for autonomy? Otago Law Review, 13(1), 81-106. Journal - Research Article
Anderson, L., Snelling, J., & Tomlins-Jahnke, H. (2012). The practice of surrogacy in New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 52(3), 253-257. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01419.x Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J. M. (2012). Parental preferences and procreative choices: Reproductive liberty and the regulation of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/2489 Awarded Doctoral Degree
Henaghan, M., & Snelling, J. (2009). Main findings. In Genes, society and the future (Vol. III). (pp. 3-26). Wellington, New Zealand: Brookers. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J. (2009). Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: Slipping through the regulatory net. In Genes, society and the future (Vol. III). (pp. 29-148). Wellington, New Zealand: Brookers. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J. (2008). Embryonic HLA tissue typing and made-to-match siblings: The New Zealand position. Medical Law International, 9(1), 13-43. doi: 10.1177/096853320800900102 Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J. (2008). Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for susceptibility conditions: A new frontier or a logical extension? Journal of Law & Medicine, 16(2), 263-278. Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J., Peart, N., & Henaghan, M. (2007). Preimplantation genetic diagnosis: Testing the legal boundaries. In N. Page (Ed.), Genes, society and the future (Vol. 1). (pp. 27-146). Dunedin, New Zealand: Human Genome Research Project, University of Otago. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J. (2006). Implications for providers and patients: A comment on the regulatory framework for preimplantation genetic diagnosis in New Zealand. Medical Law International, 8, 23-49. doi: 10.1177/096853320600800102 Journal - Research Article
Snelling, J., Kralovec, A., & Cho, M. (2006). Law and regulation. In M. Henaghan (Ed.), Choosing genes for future children: Regulating preimplantation genetic diagnosis. (pp. 232-369). Dunedin, New Zealand: Human Genome Research Project, University of Otago. Chapter in Book - Research
Anderson, L. C., Cadogan, A., Borich, M., Schneiders, A., & Snelling, J. (2015). New Zealand Sports Physiotherapy Code of Conduct. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(14), 961-964. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095022 Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
McMillan, J., Snelling, J., & Gavaghan, C. (2016). Psihopati, sigurnosno zatvaranje po punom izvršenju kazne zatvora i retorika rizika [Psychopaths, post-sentence preventive detention and the rhetoric of risk]. In S. Prijić-Samaržija, L. Malatesti & E. Baccarini (Eds.), Moralni, politički i epistemološki odgovori na društvene devijacije [Moral, political, epistemological responses to social deviations]. (pp. 201-217). Rijeki, Croatia: Filozofski facultet u Rijeci. Chapter in Book - Research
Snelling, J. (2018). [Review of the book The ethics of embryonic stem cell research]. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 35(3), 640-642. doi: 10.1111/japp.12263 Journal - Research Other
Snelling, J., King, M. (2018, November). Rogue scientist: the human CRISPR experiment. Journal of Medical Ethics blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2018/11/29/rogue-scientist-the-human-crispr-experiment Other Research Output
Snelling, J. (2021). Human embryo research and the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004: The ethical and legal imperative to revisit the legal parameters. HRC Ethics Notes, (September). Retrieved from http://hrc.govt.nz Journal - Research Other
Anderson, L., Cadogan, A., Borich, M., Schneiders, T., & Snelling, J. (2013). Sports Physiotherapy Code of Conduct. Wellington, New Zealand: Physiotherapy New Zealand. 9p. Retrieved from https://physiotherapy.org.nz/ Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Anderson, C., Skegg, P., Wilson, R., Hackett, M., Snelling, J., & Grover, A. (2004). Use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in New Zealand: A review of efficacy, safety, and regulatory controls. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. 56p. Commissioned Report for External Body
Snelling, J. (2004). A review of the literature, the Acts of Parliament and relevant current practices on regulation of the use of ECT in New Zealand and in other like nations. Commissioned by ECT Review Group. 108p. Commissioned Report for External Body
Snelling, J. (2018, May). New technologies old debates: Human germline genetic modification in the 21st century. Science in Society seminar series, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. [Research Presentation]. Other Research Output
Snelling, J. (2022, July). New Zealand's abortion law puts pregnant people at the centre. 360info. doi: 10.54377/c940-d7b0 Other Research Output
Winters, J., Snelling, J., & Walker, S. (2021, July-August). The End of Life Choice Act: Anticipating the clinical and legal issues [Euthanasia/assisted dying workshop]. Workshop presentation at the Queenstown Meeting in Internal Medicine, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Snelling, J. (2018). Challenging the core of legal doctrine: Negotiating the 'supported' decision making paradigm. Proceedings of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Retrieved from http://aabhlconference.com Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wilson, D., & Snelling, J. (2018, June). Legal and ethical implications of the use of neuroimaging in criminal investigations. Verbal presentation at the Neuroethics Network Conference, Paris, France. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Snelling, J. (2016, September). Implications of noninvasive prenatal testing. Verbal presentation at the 12th Annual Special Interest Group Symposium of the Australasian Sonographers Association (ASA), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Snelling, J. (2016, June). The "high risk" offender: Human rights and post-sentence preventive detention in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Psychopathy Conference: Scientific Advancements and Philosophical Interpretations, Rijeka, Croatia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Snelling, J. (2014, January). Hysterectomy, removal of reproductive capacity and the profoundly disabled child: Re-visiting re X. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Bioethics Conference: New Questions New Answers, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Gillett, G., Kerruish, N., McMillan, J., & Snelling, J. (2013). Growth attenuation in children with profound developmental disabilities. Proceedings of the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.conferencedesign.com.au/aabhl2013/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Snelling, J. (2011, November). A right to know one’s genetic origins? The divergent approach of Canada and New Zealand to donor-conceived individuals. Verbal presentation at the Health Law Group, Faculty of Law & David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights Symposium: Reference re: Assisted Human Reproduction Act: Implications of the Supreme Court’s Decision, Toronto, Canada. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Snelling, J. (2010, July). Cartwright calamities and Frankensteinian monsters: The regulation of assisted reproduction in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Regulation of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: A Comparative Medical, Ethical and Legal Inquiry Symposium, Geneva, Switzerland. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Rennie, S. C., Anderson, L., Merry, A. F., Pitama, S., Reid, P., Snelling, J., Walker, S., Wilkinson, T., & Bagg, W. (2022). Medical students and informed consent: Response to "Consent for teaching". New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1566), 100-102. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/ Journal - Research Other