Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom.

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Rape law reform has been a stunning failure. Defense lawyers persist in emphasizing victims' characters over defendants' behavior. Reform's goals of increasing rape report and conviction rates have generally not been achieved. In Rape and the Culture of the Courtroom, Andrew Taslitz l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taslitz, Andrew E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1999.
Colección:Critical America.
Temas:
Law reform > United States.
Adversary system (Law) > United States.
Rape > United States.
Droit > Réforme > États-Unis.
Système accusatoire (Droit) > États-Unis.
Adversary system (Law)
Law reform
Rape
Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S.
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Note to the Reader; Introduction; I Patriarchal Stories; 1 Cultural Rape Narratives; 2 Cultural Rape Narratives in the Courtroom; 3 A Fair Fight; II Lawyers' Language in the Courtroom; 4 Gendered Language; 5 Lawyers' Language and the Rape Trial; III Feminist Evidence Law; 6 Market Failure; 7 Group Voices; Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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