Add to ORKGMy thesis is that major reforms in our rape laws are necessary if we are to enable our courts to fairly balance the rights of defendants and the requirements of justice to victims. I will outline the features of current rape statutes which have hampered prosecutions and describe the likely impact of the new mistake-of-fact defense to charges of rape. I will next consider the competing theories of justice which underpin arguments for varying standards of criminal responsibility. Finally, I will make a case for a move away from rape statutes to laws which emphasize assault as the essential character of the act society wishes to forbid
The major currents driving legal theory have largely bypassed the field of criminal law. Neither the...
This book is set against the background of the 'justice gap' in sexual assault cases - the dramatic ...
This Article sets out a comprehensive model provision for the crime of rape by defining the specifie...
We should always be looking to see where we are, how we got there, and where we appear to be going. ...
textDuring the second-wave feminist movement, anti-rape activists sought to heighten cultural awaren...
Sexual assault is prevalent and persistent throughout the United States. Despite how often sexual as...
This Article argues that while rape law reform has accomplished significant changes in the past deca...
Through a close reading of a rape trial, this article discusses the seemingly intractable problem of...
There is no doubt that the law of rape is in need of reform. Compared to other crimes, reported rape...
The first that I will explore is the criticism of the wording of the law. Defining the crime of rape...
Over the past several years, feminism has been increasingly associated with crime control and the in...
Modem American rape law is the product of historical contingencies, compromises, legislative in...
Argument about changes in the law of rape are logically dependent upon a prior definitional account....
Every 98 seconds someone in the United States is raped, according to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest Natio...
This thesis argues for legal responses to rape that better recognise and are more responsive to the ...
The major currents driving legal theory have largely bypassed the field of criminal law. Neither the...
This book is set against the background of the 'justice gap' in sexual assault cases - the dramatic ...
This Article sets out a comprehensive model provision for the crime of rape by defining the specifie...
We should always be looking to see where we are, how we got there, and where we appear to be going. ...
textDuring the second-wave feminist movement, anti-rape activists sought to heighten cultural awaren...
Sexual assault is prevalent and persistent throughout the United States. Despite how often sexual as...
This Article argues that while rape law reform has accomplished significant changes in the past deca...
Through a close reading of a rape trial, this article discusses the seemingly intractable problem of...
There is no doubt that the law of rape is in need of reform. Compared to other crimes, reported rape...
The first that I will explore is the criticism of the wording of the law. Defining the crime of rape...
Over the past several years, feminism has been increasingly associated with crime control and the in...
Modem American rape law is the product of historical contingencies, compromises, legislative in...
Argument about changes in the law of rape are logically dependent upon a prior definitional account....
Every 98 seconds someone in the United States is raped, according to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest Natio...
This thesis argues for legal responses to rape that better recognise and are more responsive to the ...
The major currents driving legal theory have largely bypassed the field of criminal law. Neither the...
This book is set against the background of the 'justice gap' in sexual assault cases - the dramatic ...
This Article sets out a comprehensive model provision for the crime of rape by defining the specifie...