1st Edition
Female Sexuality and the Law A Study of Constructs of Female Sexuality as they Inform Statute and Legal Procedure
New Preface for Reissue. Acknowledgements. Introduction: The Social Control of Female Sexuality Part I: The Female Paradox 1. Female Sexual Passivity in Sexual Offences Statutes 2. Female Sexual Participation in the Legal Process Part II: Scientia Gynaecologia et Sexualis 3. The Gynaecology of Offenders and Victims 4. Masochism or Fantasy: Psychoanalysis and Rape Part III: The Routine Management of Discretion 5. The Routine Management of Rape Allegation 6. The Death of a Precedent – Not of an Ideology. Conclusion. Notes and References. Select Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Susan S. M. Edwards is Professor of Law at the University of Northumbria. Associate tenant Red Lion Chambers London. She is Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Buckingham where she served as Dean of Law for many years. She is a Barrister and expert witness and has written in the area of gender for over 45 years. She is the author of several books and over 150 peer reviewed articles, including Opinion pieces for The Guardian, The Times and The Age (Australia).
