Name, shame and blame : criminalising consensual sex in Papau New Guinea / Christine Stewart.

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Stewart, Christine (Legal officer) [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Open Access e-Books | Knowlegde UnlatchedPublisher: Canberra : ANU Press, [Dec. 2014.]Publisher: Canberra, ACT : ANU Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 368 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

192502122X
9781925021226

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

176 23

LOC classification:

HV6593.P26 .S749 2014

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Prologue. The Perfect Storm -- 1. Through the Window -- 2. From the Bush -- 3. In the Courtroom -- 4. On the Streets -- 5. In Trouble -- 6. At the Intersection -- 7. Where to Now? -- Appendix 1. Respondents -- Appendix 2. Sample Antecedent Report -- Appendix 3. Review of Homosexuality Cases -- Appendix 4. Summary of Sentences.

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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-368).

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.