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Lying About God (And Love?) To Get Laid: The Case Study Of Criminalizing Sex Under Religious False Pretense In Hong Kong, Jianlin Chen
Lying About God (And Love?) To Get Laid: The Case Study Of Criminalizing Sex Under Religious False Pretense In Hong Kong, Jianlin Chen
Cornell International Law Journal
Section 120 of the Hong Kong Crimes Ordinances— which traces its origin to the U.K. and which is replicated in several other English common law jurisdictions— criminalizes procurement of sexual acts through false representation. Recently, prosecutors used this provision to indict individuals who procured sexual acts on the pretext of performing luck-improving religious rituals. Beyond presenting the first-ever systematic examination of these intriguing fraudulent sex court cases, this Article makes two arguments. First, this Article explains how the strong skepticism, and at times, instinctive rejection by the judges of the purported religious proclamations not only confirm the scholarly concerns over …
The Crisis Of Secular Liberalism And The Constitutional State In Comparative Perspective: Religion, Rule Of Law, And Democratic Organization Of Religion Privileging States, Larry Catá Backer
The Crisis Of Secular Liberalism And The Constitutional State In Comparative Perspective: Religion, Rule Of Law, And Democratic Organization Of Religion Privileging States, Larry Catá Backer
Cornell International Law Journal
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