Rethinking rape law
Subtitle: international and comparative perspectives
By: edited by Clare McGlynn and Vanessa Munro.
Contributors: Munro, Vanessa.; McGlynn, Clare.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780415550277
Subjects: Rape
Description: "A GlassHouse book."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: From consent to coercion : evaluating international and domestic frameworks for the criminalization of rape / Vanessa E. Munro; title: Rethinking the criminal law's response to sexual offences: on theory and context / Michelle Madden Dempsey and Jonathan Herring; title: International criminal law and sexual violence : an overview /  Alison Cole; title: Learning our lessons? The Rwanda tribunal record on prosecuting rape /  Doris Buss; title: The force of shame / Karen Engle and Annelise Lottman; title: Everyday rape : international human rights law and violence against women in peacetime / Alice Edwards; title: Defining rape under the European Convention on Human Rights : torture, consent, and equality / Patricia Londono; title: Rape law reform in Africa : more of the same or new opportunities? / Helene Combrinck; title: Feminist activism and rape law reform in England and Wales : a Sisyphean struggle? / Clare McGlynn; title: All change or business as usual? Reforming the law of rape in Scotland / Sharon Cowan; title: Rethinking Croatian rape laws : force, consent, and the contribution of the victim /  Ivana Rada and Ksenija Turkovi; title: Rape in Italian law : towards the recognition of sexual autonomy / Rachel Fenton; title: Rethinking rape law in Sweden : coercion, consent, or non-voluntariness? / Monica Burman; title: Canadian sexual assault law : neoliberalism and the erosion of feminist-inspired law reforms / Lise Gotell; title: Rape, law, and American society / Donald A. Dripps; title: Criminal law and the reformation of rape in Australia / Peter D. Rush; title: Reforming the law of rape in South Africa / Shereen Mills; title: Independent legal representation for complainants in rape trials / Fiona Raitt; title: Jury deliberation and complainant credibility in rape trials / Louise Ellison and Vanessa E. Munro; title: The mythology of male rape : social attitudes and law enforcement / Phil Rumney and Natalia Hanley; title: The cultural silence of rape in UK South Asian Communities / Aisha Gill; title: Sexual assault of women with mental disabilities: a Canadian perspective / Janine Benedet and Isabel Grant.