The right to say no : marital rape and law reform in Canada, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi / edited by Melanie Randall, Jennifer Koshan and Patricia Nyaundi.
2017
K5197 .R54 2017 (Mapit)
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The right to say no : marital rape and law reform in Canada, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi / edited by Melanie Randall, Jennifer Koshan and Patricia Nyaundi.
Imprint
Oxford ; London : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ; Portland, OR : Hart Publishing, 2017.
Description
x, 309 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
Marital rape stands at the intersection of the socio-legal issues arising from both domestic violence and sexual assault. For centuries, women who suffered sexual assault perpetrated by their spouses had no legal recourse. A man's conjugal rights included his right to have sexual intercourse with his wife regardless of whether she consented. This right has been recognised in law, and still is in some jurisdictions today. This book emerges from the research undertaken by an innovative, multi-country, academic, collaborative project dedicated to comparatively analysing the legal treatment of sexual assault in intimate relationships, with a view to challenging the legal impunity for and inadequate legal responses to this form of gendered violence.
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Marital rape stands at the intersection of the socio-legal issues arising from both domestic violence and sexual assault. For centuries, women who suffered sexual assault perpetrated by their spouses had no legal recourse. A man's conjugal rights included his right to have sexual intercourse with his wife regardless of whether she consented. This right has been recognised in law, and still is in some jurisdictions today. This book emerges from the research undertaken by an innovative, multi-country, academic, collaborative project dedicated to comparatively analysing the legal treatment of sexual assault in intimate relationships, with a view to challenging the legal impunity for and inadequate legal responses to this form of gendered violence.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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STA
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Online version: Right to say no Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017
Call Number
K5197 .R54 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781782258605 hardback alkaline paper
1782258604 hardback alkaline paper
1782258604 hardback alkaline paper
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