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What Is Due To Others: Speaking And Signifying Subject(S) Of Rape Law, Penelope J. Pether
What Is Due To Others: Speaking And Signifying Subject(S) Of Rape Law, Penelope J. Pether
Working Paper Series
Australian journalist Paul Sheehan's representation of the alleged and convicted immigrant Muslim/Arab rapists he demonises in 'Girls Like You', like his representation of the rape survivors in that text, has much to tell us about the law's production of rape law's speaking and signifying subjects, “real rape” victims and survivors, false accusers and perpetrators. This article uses a variety of texts, including 'Girls Like You', recent Australian rape law jurisprudence and legislative reform, texts involving two controversial recent US rape cases — one from Maryland and one from Nebraska — and a recent UK study on attrition in rape prosecutions, …
Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, O. Carter Snead
Science, Public Bioethics, And The Problem Of Integration, O. Carter Snead
Journal Articles
Public bioethics — the governance of science, medicine, and biotechnology in the name of ethical goods — is an emerging area of American law. The field uniquely combines scientific knowledge, moral reasoning, and prudential judgments about democratic decision making. It has captured the attention of officials in every branch of government, as well as the American public itself. Public questions (such as those relating to the law of abortion, the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and the regulation of end-of-life decision making) continue to roil the public square.
This Article examines the question of how scientific methods and …