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OverviewThis book is a legal and political intervention into a contemporary debate concerning the appropriateness of sexual offence prosecutions brought against young gender non-conforming people for so-called ‘gender identity fraud'. It comes down squarely against prosecution. To that end, it offers a series of principled objections based both on liberal principles, and arguments derived from queer and feminist theories. Thus prosecution will be challenged as criminal law overreach and as a spectacular example of legal inconsistency, but also as indicative of a failure to grasp the complexity of sexual desire and its disavowal. In particular, the book will think through the concepts of consent, harm and deception and their legal application to these specific forms of intimacy. In doing so, it will reveal how cisnormativity frames the legal interpretation of each and how this serves to preclude more marginal perspectives. Beyond law, the book takes up the ethical challenge of the non-disclosure of gender history. Rather than dwelling on this omission, it argues that we ought to focus on a cisgender demand to know as the proper object of ethical inquiry. Finally, and as an act of legal and ethical re-imagination, the book offers a queer counter-judgment to R v McNally, the only case involving a gender non-conforming defendant, so far, to have come before the Court of Appeal. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alex SharpePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780367280246ISBN 10: 0367280248 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 28 March 2019 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPART I: PRELIMINARIES Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Setting the Scene PART II: PRINCIPLES Chapter 3: Principled Objections I Chapter 4: Principled Objections II PART III: PRACTICES Chapter 5: From Principle to Practice Chapter 6: From Legal to Ethical Practice Chapter 7: Queering Legal Practice: Re-Writing McNally Chapter 8: ConclusionsReviewsAuthor InformationAlex Sharpe is Professor of Law at Keele University. She is also a Barrister at Garden Court Chambers, London Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |