Full Description
This book offers new perspectives on two key themes: the criminal law of sexual consent and the temporalities of law. It uses detailed feminist analysis to investigate how the kinds of time produced by statutes and court decisions are vital to constructing the gendered, liberal, legal subject. By shedding light upon a contested and multi-faceted legal issue, it demonstrates that more expansive temporalities are the precondition for a richer, relational understanding of consent.
This book's fresh approach to sexual consent is developed using the law of England and Wales but is relevant to all jurisdictions where consent is an element of sexual offences law. Its distinctive approach to legal temporalities has the potential to be applied to other areas of law, providing insight into both current law and possibilities for reform.
Contents
Note
1. Introduction: Legal Temporalities and the Sexual Offences Act 2003
2. Tempo: Acquiescence as Consent and Previous Sexual History
3. Life Times: Age of Consent and Contraception
4. Rhythm: Identity Deceptions
5. Social Time: Intoxicated Consent
6. Disabled Time: Disability and Consent
7. Changing Times: Harassment, Grooming and Coercive Control
8. Conclusion: Composing Consent Time
Table of cases
Table of statutes
Bibliography
