Jonathan Herring, is a professor of law, at the University of Oxford, and DW Wolf-Clarendon Ffellow, at Exeter College, Oxford.Sorcha McCormack, is a Senior senior Lecturer, in law at Leeds Beckett University.

This book tackles head-on some of the key challenges in rape law, in a succinct and convincing way. It will challenge your assumptions, starting a debate on what we really can and must do to improve justice for victim-survivors. — Clare McGlynn, Professor, Durham University, UK. Herring and McCormack offer an important and timely contribution to debates on rape law reform. By shifting the focus from the victim’s consent to the defendant’s responsibility, the book offers a compelling reorientation of sexual offences law. It lays the groundwork for taking rape law beyond the move from force to consent, towards responsibility as its core conceptual and normative foundation. — Dr Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.An interesting examination of the law of rape, and why it is failing victims. This work explores the interventions and changes necessary to achieve justice, with a focus on the definition of rape itself and a novel approach to the obligations and beliefs of those involved in sexual activity. — Dr Amanda Clough-Ricci, Northumbria University.

• Acknowledgements; 1-Introduction; 2-Problems with the Law of Rape; 3-Problems with Rape Trials; 4-Rethinking the Ethical and Legal Framework Around Rape; 5-Putting the Law into Practice; 6-Responding to Concerns; 7-Conclusion; References; Cases; Index

Jonathan Herring, is a professor of law, at the University of Oxford, and DW Wolf-Clarendon Ffellow, at Exeter College, Oxford.Sorcha McCormack, is a Senior senior Lecturer, in law at Leeds Beckett University.

This book tackles head-on some of the key challenges in rape law, in a succinct and convincing way. It will challenge your assumptions, starting a debate on what we really can and must do to improve justice for victim-survivors. — Clare McGlynn, Professor, Durham University, UK. Herring and McCormack offer an important and timely contribution to debates on rape law reform. By shifting the focus from the victim’s consent to the defendant’s responsibility, the book offers a compelling reorientation of sexual offences law. It lays the groundwork for taking rape law beyond the move from force to consent, towards responsibility as its core conceptual and normative foundation. — Dr Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.An interesting examination of the law of rape, and why it is failing victims. This work explores the interventions and changes necessary to achieve justice, with a focus on the definition of rape itself and a novel approach to the obligations and beliefs of those involved in sexual activity. — Dr Amanda Clough-Ricci, Northumbria University.

• Acknowledgements; 1-Introduction; 2-Problems with the Law of Rape; 3-Problems with Rape Trials; 4-Rethinking the Ethical and Legal Framework Around Rape; 5-Putting the Law into Practice; 6-Responding to Concerns; 7-Conclusion; References; Cases; Index

Jonathan Herring, is a professor of law, at the University of Oxford, and DW Wolf-Clarendon Ffellow, at Exeter College, Oxford.Sorcha McCormack, is a Senior senior Lecturer, in law at Leeds Beckett University.

This book tackles head-on some of the key challenges in rape law, in a succinct and convincing way. It will challenge your assumptions, starting a debate on what we really can and must do to improve justice for victim-survivors. — Clare McGlynn, Professor, Durham University, UK. Herring and McCormack offer an important and timely contribution to debates on rape law reform. By shifting the focus from the victim’s consent to the defendant’s responsibility, the book offers a compelling reorientation of sexual offences law. It lays the groundwork for taking rape law beyond the move from force to consent, towards responsibility as its core conceptual and normative foundation. — Dr Marthe Goudsmit Samaritter, Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.An interesting examination of the law of rape, and why it is failing victims. This work explores the interventions and changes necessary to achieve justice, with a focus on the definition of rape itself and a novel approach to the obligations and beliefs of those involved in sexual activity. — Dr Amanda Clough-Ricci, Northumbria University.

• Acknowledgements; 1-Introduction; 2-Problems with the Law of Rape; 3-Problems with Rape Trials; 4-Rethinking the Ethical and Legal Framework Around Rape; 5-Putting the Law into Practice; 6-Responding to Concerns; 7-Conclusion; References; Cases; Index