Rape law reform |
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| Institution: | 1. Pneumology Service, Hospital Universitario Cruces, E-48903 Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain;2. Pneumology Service, Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo, Galdakao, Bizkaia, Spain;3. Bioinformatics and Statistics Unit, Bio-Cruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Spain;1. Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Faculty of Art and Science, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Terzioğlu, 17020 Çanakkale, Turkey;2. Natural Products and Drug Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Art and Science, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Terzioğlu, 17020 Çanakkale, Turkey;3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Art and Science, Gaziantep University, Şehitkamil, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey;4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gebze Technical University (GTU), Gebze, 41400 Kocaeli, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | This article examines how changes in rape laws have come about in New Zealand. It assesses early feminist influences and how, within a period of some ten years, these contributed towards an awareness in government of the need for legal change.The article examines some of the more significant aspects of the Rape Law Reform Bill (No. 2) 1984 which in its attempt to redefine rape must be seen as a radical departure from the common law concept of rape. Although the Bill is progressive from women's perspectives, the change of laws by itself is not sufficient while the actors in the criminal justice system retain unchanged attitudes to women and rape. The effectiveness of legal reform that moves ahead of social attitudes will be assessable only after the law has been in place for some years. |
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