Senior Lecturer
LLB (Newcastle), PhD (Manchester)

Email: jose.miola@le.ac.uk
Telephone: 0116 252 2288

José joined the University of Leicester in 1998, whilst completing his doctorate at the University of Manchester. His primary interest is in medical law and ethics, and he has recently published a book with Hart Publishing, entitled Medical Ethics and Medical Law: A Symbiotic Relationship. José is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Clinical Ethics, and has published in a wide range of journals. One of his articles, “Bye Bye Bolam: A Medical Litigation Revolution”, was cited by the High Court of Australia in the case of Rosenberg v. Percival [2001] HCA 18 and included in a collection of internationally influential essays (F. Miller, Rights and Resources ( Dartmouth, Ashgate, 2003)). In 2007 he received a British Academy grant to undertake research in Australia and New Zealand, and to take up visiting scholar posts at the Universities of Melbourne and Otago. The resulting article ("On the Materiality of Risk: Paper Tigers and Panaceas") has been published by the Medical Law Review.

Research Interests

Medical law and ethics.

Selected Publications

• J. Hartshorne and J. Miola, " Expert Evidence: Difficulties and Solutions in Prosecutions for Infant Harm" (2010) Legal Studies (Forthcoming)
• “On the Materiality of Risk – Paper Tigers and Panaceas” (2009) 17 Medical Law Review 76-108
• Medical Ethics and Medical Law: A Symbiotic Relationship (Oxford, Hart, 2007)
• “Expert Witnesses and the Search for Justice – A UK Perspective” in S. M. Sturt, Child Abuse and Its Impact ( New York, Nova Scientific Publishers, 2006) 95-112 (with John Hartshorne)
• “The Interaction of Medical Law and Medical Ethics” (2006) 1 Clinical Ethics 22-5
• “The Need for Informed Consent – Lessons from the Ancient Greeks” (2006) 15(2) Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 152-60
• “Medical Law and Medical Ethics: Complementary or Corrosive?” (2004) 6 Medical Law International 251-274
• “Bye Bye Bolam: A Medical Litigation Revolution?” (2000) 8 Med. L.Rev. 84-115 (with Margot Brazier)

Full publication list (pdf)