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The Sexual Assault Of Older Women: Criminal Justice Responses In Canada, Isabel Grant, Janine Benedet
The Sexual Assault Of Older Women: Criminal Justice Responses In Canada, Isabel Grant, Janine Benedet
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This article examines sexual violence against older women, a problem that has been largely hidden from view in the societal and legal discussion of sexual assault. The article identifies a significant disconnect between the social science description of sexual assault against older women, on the one hand, and the available case law, on the other. The social science literature suggests that older women are most likely to be sexually assaulted by somebody they know and that a disproportionate number of the sexual assaults against older women take place within care facilities. The case law, however, paints a very different picture …
The Strangely Familiar History Of The Unitary Theory Of Perpetration, James G. Stewart
The Strangely Familiar History Of The Unitary Theory Of Perpetration, James G. Stewart
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A unitary theory of perpetration is one that does not espouse different legal standards for different forms of participating in crime. In this Article, I pay homage to Professor Damaška’s influence on my work and career by reiterating my earlier arguments for a unitary theory of perpetration in international criminal law. Whereas my earlier work defended the unitary theory in abstract terms then for international criminal law in particular, this Article looks to the history of the unitary theory in five national systems that have abandoned differentiated systems like that currently in force internationally in favor of a unitary variant. …