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Sex, Crimes And Misdemeanours: From Oscar Wilde to Lorena Bobbitt

Sex, Crimes And Misdemeanours: From Oscar Wilde to Lorena Bobbitt

by JamesMorton (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

No book in recent years has detailed for the public a history of sex and the courts. From a starting point in the 19th Century, SEX, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS examines the variety of cases concerning sex, placing various laws in the social context of the period - i.e. what has at differing times been considered criminal (no Incest Act existed before 1908). From bestiality, prostitution, homosexuality and child sex abuse to allegations of satanism in ritual child abuse, this book will survey the great cases which have changed the law or helped change social perceptions as well as some minor, but astonishing ones.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 496
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Sphere
Published: 05 Jul 2000
ISBN 10: 075152526X
ISBN 13: 9780751525267
Book Overview: * Review coverage in national press. * Special coverage in legal and police publications

Media Reviews
Excellent * TIME OUT *
This is an intelligent and well-referenced book * GUARDIAN *
Should be compulsory reading for law students * THE NEW LAW JOURNAL *
A well-argued indictment of sex laws which, over the years, have proved to be anachronistic, unfair or brutal * INDEPENDENT *
Author Bio
James Morton is the author of the hugely successful Gangland series. He has long experience as a solicitor specialising in criminal work and was editor-in-chief of NEW LAW JOURNAL for many years.