The Right to Say No
Marital Rape and Law Reform in Canada, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781782258612 | |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | October 19, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Hart Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781782258612 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | October 19, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Hart Publishing |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
