Feminists led, politicians followed : (Record no. 8706)

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Original cataloging agency AFVC
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Personal name Tombs, Rachel D.
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Title Feminists led, politicians followed :
Remainder of title the criminalisation of marital rape
Statement of responsibility, etc Rachel D. Tombs
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Date of publication, distribution, etc 2024
Name of publisher, distributor, etc University of Auckland,
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Series statement New Zealand Journal of History
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General note New Zealand Journal of History, 2024, 58(2): 94 - 113
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Summary, etc Spousal immunity, a husband's exemption from the legal consequences of rape, was an English legal import that was comprehensively protected in the patriarchal colonial context of New Zealand. Spousal immunity was ended in New Zealand through the Rape Law Reform Bill No.2 (1985). Spousal immunity had existed for nearly 100 years within the legal system without challenge by legal professionals or politicians. During the reform process the vast majority of public submissions, political speeches and media coverage positioned the criminalisation of marital rape as the sensible and just thing to do. The relatively smooth passage of this significant legal reform seems incongruous with the clause's one-hundred-year history as a husband's protected and entrenched immunity. Spousal immunity provides a key example of legal and social change led by feminist action and knowledge. Feminists led change and politicians responded. This article explores how feminist legal change happens, by examining the conditions and tactics which led to the criminalisation of marital rape in 1980s New Zealand. (Author's abstract). Record #8706
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Crimes Act 1961
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element FEMINISM
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element LAW REFORM
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element LEGISLATION
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element MARRIAGE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element POLITICS
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element RAPE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Rape Law Reform Bill No.2, 1985
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SEXUAL VIOLENCE
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Geographic name NEW ZEALAND
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Title New Zealand Journal of History, 2024, 58(2): 94 - 113
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/926833">https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/926833</a>
Public note Read abstract
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