Inducing Intimacy

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-009-36105-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: Law in Context

Kennedy presents a new way of evaluating the regulation of deceptively induced intimacy, that is, sex and sexual/romantic relationships, on the basis of an innovative genealogy of legal responses to this conduct. This book traces the development of a range of civil and criminal laws across c. 250 years, showing how using deception to induce intimacy has been legally understood, compensated and punished. It offers an original interpretation of the form and function of these laws by situating them in their social and cultural contexts. It argues that prevailing notions of what makes intimacy valuable, including the role it plays in self-construction, have shaped and constrained the laws' operation. It shows how deceptively induced sex has come to be treated more seriously while the opposite is true of deceptively induced relationships and concludes by presenting a new framework for deciding whether and when deceptively induced intimacy should be regulated by law today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kennedy, Chloë

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Inducing intimacy: an introduction; Part I. Marriage: 2. Making Marriage; 3. Promising Marriage; 4. Faking Marriage; Part II. Sex: 5. Eliciting Sex; 6. Procuring Sex; 7. Imposing Sex; 8. Inducing intimacy: a conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Kennedy, Chloë
Chloë Kennedy is Professor of Law and History at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh. She has published widely in the areas of criminal law, legal history, legal theory, and law and gender. She is the co-editor of two books – Scottish Feminist Judgments: (Re)Creating Law from the Outside In (Hart, 2019) and Leading Works in Criminal Law (Routledge, 2023). Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law is the product of a research fellowship Chloë was awarded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.