Consensual Violence
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | University of California Press (US) |
| ISBN-13 | 9780520290655 |
| Open Library | OL20259164W |
| Total publications | 1 |
| Coverage period | 2016 - 2016 |
| Language | EN |
| Impact factor | 3 |
Most people often think decriminalization happens by repealing a law, but Sex, Sports, and the Politics of Consensual Violence challenges this view showing that social decriminalization must precede legal change. Social decriminalization requires four conditions: 1) an organized group who participates in a similar activity; 2) a shared legal consciousness; 3) an established set of rules and norms that appeal to a Weberian legal-rational authority; and 4) a social context where the activity is not too morally verboten. This book features two case studies where groups engage in acts of consensual violence – mixed-martial arts and sexual sadomasochism – to demonstrate how both develop rules and norms around the notion of consent to render their activities legally and socially tolerable. Social decriminalization is a conceptual tool that can help us better understand social and legal change from a constructivist lens
Consensual Violence
Most people often think decriminalization happens by repealing a law, but Sex, Sports, and the Politics of Consensual Violence challenges this view showing that social decriminalization must precede legal change. Social decriminalization requires four conditions: 1) an organized group who participates in a similar activity; 2) a shared legal consciousness; 3) an established set of rules and norms that appeal to a Weberian legal-rational authority…
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Consensual Violence
Most people often think decriminalization happens by repealing a law, but Sex, Sports, and the Politics of Consensual Violence challenges this view showing that social decriminalization must precede legal change. Social decriminalization requires four conditions: 1) an organized group who participates in a similar activity; 2) a shared legal consciousness; 3) an established set of rules and norms that appeal to a Weberian legal-rational authority…