Åsa Wettergren, Moa Bladini, Sara Uhnoo

Challenging Legal Core Values

Consent-Based Rape Legislation in Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book presents the first ethnographic study into a new consent-based rape law in Sweden and shows how the implementation of this legislation challenges outdated legal frameworks and requires a shift in legal practice. Focusing on the Swedish context, it provides insights that are globally applicable, offering lessons for other countries where consent-based rape laws are in place. By examining the limitations of the conventional legal enactment of autonomy, rationality and objectivity, the authors argue for an evolved approach to ensure fairness and effectiveness. Integrating feminist legal theory with the sociology of emotions, the book reveals how emotional and contextual factors shape legal reasoning. Aiming to make legal processes for sexual violence more transparent, predictable and democratic worldwide, this is an urgent call for enhanced professional training in emotional reflexivity and empathy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529237535
• ISBN-10: 152923753X
• Artikelnr.: 71875150

Autorenporträt

Åsa Wettergren is Professor in Sociology at the University of Gothenburg. Moa Bladini is Associate Professor in Law at the University of Gothenburg. Sara Uhnoo is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Gothenburg.