Name, shame and blame : criminalising consensual sex in Papau New Guinea / Christine Stewart.
Papua New Guinea is one of the many former British Commonwealth colonies which maintain the criminalisation of the sexual activities of two groups, despite the fact that the sex takes place between consenting adults in private: sellers of sex and males who have sex with males. The English common law...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Canberra ACT 0200, Australia :
Australian University Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | Papua New Guinea is one of the many former British Commonwealth colonies which maintain the criminalisation of the sexual activities of two groups, despite the fact that the sex takes place between consenting adults in private: sellers of sex and males who have sex with males. The English common law system was imposed on the colonies with little regard for the social regulation and belief systems of the colonised, and in most instances, was retained and developed post-Independence, regardless of the infringements of human rights involved. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 368 pages : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781925021226 192502122X |