Topic
Consent
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Iowa Case Explores Issues of Sex, Consent, Dementia
Opening statements were heard last week in an Iowa criminal case that is exploring a question that is still unresolved in the scientific community of whether, when, or how dementia…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Cook and Dickens on Types of Consent in Reproductive Health Care
Rebecca J. Cook (University of Toronto) and Bernard M. Dickens (University of Toronto) have posted Types of Consent in Reproductive Health Care on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Healthcare providers require prior consent to treat patients.…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Man Charged with Sexual Assault, Accused of Having Sex with Person Under the Age of 16 in Hopatcong, New Jersey
Police in Hopatcong New Jersey arrested a 22-year-old man accused of having sexual relations with a girl under the age of 16.
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Lawmaker Retracts Comments that Sex with Unconscious Spouse not Rape
By Tracy Thomas
USA Today, Lawmaker Apologizes for Comments on Spousal RapeA Utah lawmaker apologized Wednesday for questioning whether a man who has sex with his unconscious spouse should be charged with rape. Republican state…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
“The Bro Whisperer”
By John Kang
From the Atlantic: One unseasonably warm Wednesday a few weeks into the school year, the sociology professor Michael Kimmel is sitting with several students and antirape activists in a classroom at Long…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Date Rape Song or Feminist Anthem? “Baby It’s Cold Outside”
By Tracy Thomas
Baby It's Cold Outside was Once an Anthem for Progressive Women. What Happened?Urban Dictionary now lists the song under the heading “Christmas Date Rape Song.” Recently, it was given a “feminist…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A Better Way to Handle Campus Rape
By Tracy Thomas
Jed Rubenfeld, NYT, Mishandling RapeOur strategy for dealing with rape on college campuses has failed abysmally. Female students are raped in appalling numbers, and their rapists almost invariably go free.…
Understanding the ADA
Belton v. Georgia settles with a consent decree
In a previous blog entry entitled help-wanted ASL practitioners, I discussed the case of Belton v. Georgia. On October 3, 2014 that case settled with a consent decree. I thought…
Education Law Prof Blog
California’s New Sex Assault Bill: “Yes” Requires a “Yes”
By Derek Black
California is now the first state to adopt an affirmative consent standard in regard to sexual assault claims. This change comes "as states and universities across the U.S. are under…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
First Yes Means Yes Law
By Tracy Thomas
California Yes Means Yes Law, Defining Sexual ConsentGov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that makes California the first in the nation to have a clear definition of…