Jeanne Snelling, Our People, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, New Zealand

LLB(Hons) PhD(Otago) RCompN

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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.

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Publications

Snelling, J. (2022). Critiquing the End of Life Choice Act 2019. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 30, 1-30.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Chapter in Book - Research

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.