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Rape and the culture of the courtroom / Andrew E. Taslitz.
- Title
- Rape and the culture of the courtroom / Andrew E. Taslitz.
- Author
- Taslitz, Andrew E., 1956-
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF9329 .T37 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 210 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- A study of how rape stereotypes are used by defence lawyers to gain acquittals in the USA. The author also presents reform proposals, consistent with feminist theories of justice, designed to improve both the American adversary system in general and the way in which the system handles rape cases.
- Series Statement
- Critical America
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Critical America.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-204) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Cultural rape narratives -- Cultural rape narratives in the courtroom -- Fair fight -- Gendered language -- Lawyers' language and the rape trial -- Market failure -- Group voices.
- ISBN
- 0814782299
- 0814782302 (paper : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^98040191^
- OCLC
- 40043520
- SCSB-10061778
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library