Sexual violence and the law in Japan / Catherine Burns.
Sexual violence and the law in Japan / Catherine Burns.
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Publisher
London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
Date
2005.
Call Numbers
N345.52025/ 1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 197 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Prelude : rape v. murder - or (excessive) self defence? -- 1. Legal storytelling and sexual violence -- 2. Hegemonic masculinity and guilty feminine bodies -- 3. Confronting the Japanese criminal justice system -- 4. Credibility in the court : scripting rape -- 5. 'In truth she was probably very dru...
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Publisher
London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"This book provides a detailed examination of judicial decision-making in Japanese cases involving sexual violence. It describes the culture of 'eroticised violence' in Japan, which locates culpability in the feminine body, and the legal system which encourages homogeneity and conformity in decision-making. It details the significant legal constrai...
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Sexual violence and the law in Japan / Catherine Burns.
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ASAA women in Asia series.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N345.52025/ 1
Record Identifier
74VKqPRpAMAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqPRpAMAg
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ISBN
0415336511 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780415336512 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
345.5202532
MMS ID
991020161299702626
