Moving beyond 30 years of Anglo-American rape law reforms: Legal representation for victims of sexual offences

The South African Law Commission has proposed a number of substantive and procedural reforms to South Africa's laws governing sexual offences. This article argues that, while important in principle, these reforms are unlikely to shift police and prosecution practices or to meaningfully increase...

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Main Author: Smythe, Dee (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2016
In:Year: 2016
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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