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Illicit and unnatural practices : the law, sex and society in scotland since 1900 /
Using a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. 'Venereal Trouble': The Case of 'Professor' Abraham Eastburn; 3. 'This Pernicious Delusion': Law, Medicine and Child Sexual Abuse; 4. 'Unnatural Carnal Connection': Bestiality and the Law in Early-Twentieth-Century Scotland; 5. 'There's the Man who Shifts the Babies': Abortion in the Scottish High Court, 1900−30; 6. 'An Open and Notorious House of Lewdness': Dora Noyce and the Danube Street Brothel; 7. Cure or Confinement?: Law, Medicine and the Treatment of Homosexual Offenders in Scotland, 1950−80; 8. 'Liable or Likely to Deprave and Corrupt the Morals of the Lieges': Sex Shops and Moral Panic in Late-Twentieth-Century Scotland; 9. 'Culpable and Reckless Conduct': Criminalising the Transmission of HIV in Scotland, 1983−2014; 10. Conclusion; Sources and Select Bibliography; Index.
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations1. Introduction2. 'Venereal Trouble': The Case of 'Professor' Abraham Eastburn3. 'This Pernicious Delusion': Law, Medicine and Child Sexual Abuse4. 'Unnatural Carnal Connection': Bestiality and the Law in Early-Twentieth-Century Scotland5. 'There's the Man who Shifts the Babies': Abortion in the Scottish High Court, 1900−306. 'An Open and Notorious House of Lewdness': Dora Noyce and the Danube Street Brothel7. Cure or Confinement?: Law, Medicine and the Treatment of Homosexual Offenders in Scotland, 1950−808. 'Liable or Likely to Deprave and Corrupt the Morals of the Lieges': Sex Shops and Moral Panic in Late-Twentieth-Century Scotland9. 'Culpable and Reckless Conduct': Criminalising the Transmission of HIV in Scotland, 1983−201410. ConclusionSources and Select Bibliography; Index.