Chloë Kennedy’s Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law (Cambridge 2024) tackles an important and timely topic that resonates across jurisdictions worldwide—the regulation of deceptively induced intimacy, notably through the criminal law—by taking a broadly interdisciplinary approach. This Special Issue brings together an international group of contributors who explore a wide range of connected issues (sex offenses, consent, deception, identity, criminalization, etc.) from several perspectives (doctrinal, historical, comparative, theoretical, etc.).
Should the Legal Response to Deceptive Sex Worry About Authenticity Rather than Autonomy? A Debate Around the “Gender Deception” and “Explicit Conditions” Examples
Tatiana Badaró
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Lived Autonomy, Intimacy, and Hersense: Rape Legislation in Practice
Moa Bladini
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The Right to Sexual Autonomy Reconsidered: Justifying the Criminalization of Sex by Deception
Beatriz Corrêa Camargo
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From Scotland to India: Deceptive Sex, Autonomy, and the Expansion of Carceral Power
Preeti Pratishruti Dash
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What Lies Beneath
Aya Gruber
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From Stealthing to the “Pill Lie”: Deceptive Practices Concerning Reproductive and Protective Measures in Sexual Encounters
Nora Scheidegger
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Sex, Gender, Identity, and Sexuality in the Law of Sex-by-Deception
Rachel C. Tolley
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Sexual Autonomy Under Pressure: Deception and Sexual Consent in the Digital Era
Cristina Valega Chipoco
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Not Just Academic: Critiquing and Reforming the Law of Deceptive Sex
Chloë Kennedy
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