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_aTombs, Rachel D. _912989 |
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_aFeminists led, politicians followed : _bthe criminalisation of marital rape _cRachel D. Tombs |
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_c2024 _bUniversity of Auckland, |
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| 490 | 0 | _aNew Zealand Journal of History | |
| 500 | _aNew Zealand Journal of History, 2024, 58(2): 94 - 113 | ||
| 520 | _aSpousal 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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_aATTITUDES _970 |
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_aCRIMINAL JUSTICE _9167 |
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_aCrimes Act 1961 _9166 |
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_aFEMINISM _9256 |
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_aHISTORY _9293 |
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_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431 |
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_aLAW REFORM _9338 |
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_aLEGISLATION _9346 |
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_9360 _aMARRIAGE |
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_aPOLITICS _910230 |
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_aRAPE _9488 |
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_aRape Law Reform Bill No.2, 1985 _912990 |
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_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531 |
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_aNEW ZEALAND _92588 |
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| 773 | 0 | _tNew Zealand Journal of History, 2024, 58(2): 94 - 113 | |
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_uhttps://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/926833 _zRead abstract |
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_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews127 |
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