1st Edition

Sexual Intimacy and Gender Identity 'Fraud' Reframing the Legal and Ethical Debate

By Alex Sharpe Copyright 2018
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

This book is a legal and political intervention into a contemporary debate concerning the appropriateness of sexual offence prosecutions brought against young gender non-conforming people for so-called ‘gender identity fraud'. It comes down squarely against prosecution. To that end, it offers a series of principled objections based both on liberal principles, and arguments derived from queer and... Read more

PART I: PRELIMINARIES

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Setting the Scene

PART II: PRINCIPLES

Chapter 3: Principled Objections I

Chapter 4: Principled Objections II

PART III: PRACTICES

Chapter 5: From Principle to Practice

Chapter 6: From Legal to Ethical Practice

Chapter 7: Queering Legal Practice: Re-Writing McNally

Chapter 8: Conclusions

Biography

Alex Sharpe is Professor of Law at Keele University. She is also a Barrister at Garden Court Chambers, London