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Chapter 5 Key debates
Chapter 5 Key debates
Topic |
Author/Academic |
Viewpoint |
Source |
‘Offences against the person: into the 21st century’ |
Michael Jefferson |
Offers a critique of the OAPA 1861 and includes a proposed redraft of the Act. |
[2012] J Crim L 472 |
‘Reconsidering psychic assault’ |
Jeremy Horder |
Critiques the current law on psychic assault. |
[1998] Crim LR 392 |
‘Flogging live complainants and dead horses: We may no longer need to be in bondage to Brown’ |
Peter Murphy |
The judge in a trial dealing with the extent to which a person may consent to sadomasochistic activity provides a commentary on the law. |
[2011] Crim LR 758 |
‘Criminal law and the sexual transmission of HIV: R v Dica’ |
Matthew Weait |
This article examines the role of the criminal law in regulating the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Weait, widely regarded as the leading academic on this issue, reviews the previous case law and evaluates the Court of Appeal’s decision in detail. |
(2005) 68(1) MLR 121 |