Should we consent?
Subtitle: rape law reform in South Africa
By: edited by Lilian Artz, Dee Smythe.
Contributors: Artz, Lillian.; Smythe, Dee.
Publisher: Juta; Gazelle Distribution
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780702179389
Subjects: Rape -- South Africa; Rape victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- South Africa; Law reform -- South Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: should we consent?; title: The politics of a definition; title: Rape and HIV/AIDS: who's protecting whom?; title: Getting somewhere slowly: the revision of a few evidence rules; title: The personal is the political: disclosure of rape complainants personal records; title: The psycho-social impact of rape and its implications for expert evidence in rape trials; title: Children and sexual offences; title: Half-hearted HIV-related services for victims; title: Policing sexual offences: policies, practices and potential pitfalls; title: Sentencing and management of sexual offenders; title: Claims and entitlements or smoke and mirrors? Victims rights in the Sexual Offences Act.