Routledge Rethinking Rape Law: International and Comparative Perspectives

Rethinking Rape Law delivers a comprehensive and critical examination of contemporary rape legislation across multiple jurisdictions, making it an essential resource for legal scholars, practitioners and policymakers. This Routledge publication engages with significant legal reforms in sexual offences, spanning national, regional and international frameworks that shape how societies address sexual violence. The book explores fundamental distinctions between rape law in wartime and peacetime contexts, contrasts common law and continental legal traditions, and examines how legal systems in transition differ from those with established feminist jurisprudence. By analysing these critical differences, the work provides readers with deeper insight into the complexities of rape law reform and the varying approaches jurisdictions take to defining, prosecuting and remedying sexual offences. Whether you are studying comparative law, international legal frameworks or criminal justice reform, this authoritative text offers the analytical foundation needed to understand how different legal systems conceptualise and address rape.