Title Sexual history evidence and the rape trial / Joanne Conaghan and Yvette Russell

Published Bristol [England] : Bristol University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (x, 225 pages) Contents Front Cover -- Sexual History Evidence and the Rape Trial -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- List of Cases -- List of Statutes -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Setting the Scene -- Setting the scene: from Ched Evans to #MeToo -- What is this book about? -- Evans and its aftermath -- How this book proceeds -- 2 A History of Rape Law in Action -- Why history? -- The historical development of rape law -- Rape law in (historical) action -- Modern rape law -- Conclusion -- 3 Emergence of a Legal Regime Governing the Use of Sexual History Evidence Introduction: Hale's legacy -- Late complaints -- Corroboration warnings -- Complainant character -- The rape trial at the end of the 18th century -- The judicial development of evidentiary rules on sexual history evidence in 19th-century rape trials -- Evaluating the use of complainant sexual history evidence in 19th-century law and practice -- Crystallising the common law in the 20th century -- Conclusion -- 4 Legal Regulation: Limits and Potentialities -- Introduction: what constitutes sexual history evidence? -- Scanning the juridic and policy landscape -- England, Wales and Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland -- Scotland -- New Zealand -- Canada -- Australia -- United States -- Recurring themes and patterns -- Conclusion -- 5 Tracking the Use of Sexual History Evidence in the Courtroom -- Introduction -- Early studies -- Sexual history evidence emerges as a legislative and policy concern -- Studies conducted after the introduction of the SO(A)A 1976 -- Studies conducted after the introduction of YJCEA 1999 -- The views of legal professionals -- The experiences of victims and victim support organisations -- Rape myths research and jury studies -- Rape myth studies -- Jury studies Sexual history evidence in the contemporary courtroom -- Sexual violence research -- Law-centred research -- Conclusion -- 6 The Relevance of Sexual History Evidence -- Introduction: the 'logic' of relevance -- The logic of the twin myths -- Law, power and epistemology -- The relevance framework -- Types of evidence -- The role of probability -- The relevance of a complainant's sexual history to her credibility -- The relevance of a complainant's sexual history to consent -- Playing the odds -- Situational specificity -- The fact of the allegation -- Interrogating the gateways -- Conclusion 7 Sexual History Evidence and Subjectivity -- Introduction -- Legal subjecthood -- Rationality, reason and rape law -- Sexual history evidence: subject or object? -- The sexuate subject of rape law -- The feminine sexuate subject -- The masculine sexuate subject -- Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion: What Is to Be Done about Sexual History Evidence? -- Rape, law and justice revisited -- Feminist research and the problem of rape and law -- Normatively embedded 'laws as tactics' -- What is to be done about sexual history evidence? -- Expunge sexual history evidence from the rape trial altogether Summary Adopting a critical multidisciplinary perspective underpinned by feminist theory, this accessible book mounts an important interrogation into the use of a victim's sexual history as evidence in rape trials Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Continued reform of the legislative frameworks governing sexual history evidence Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 01, 2023) Subject Examination of witnesses -- Wales Examination of witnesses -- England Rape victims -- Sexual behavior Rape victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Wales Rape victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England Rape -- Law and legislation -- Wales -- Trial practice Rape -- Law and legislation -- England -- Trial practice LAW / Gender & the Law. Examination of witnesses Rape victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. England Wales Form Electronic book Author Russell, Yvette ISBN 9781529207842 1529207843

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