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Illicit and Unnatural Practices: The Law, Sex and Society in Scotland since 1900

Illicit and Unnatural Practices: The Law, Sex and Society in Scotland since 1900

Author: Roger Davidson
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781474441193
Published In: November 2018
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Scotland ? Disclaimer:
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Using a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland. Case studies of sex-related offences, including abortion, bestiality, brothel-keeping, child sexual assault, and wilful HIV transmission, reveal how far the legal process both reflected and reinforced contemporary moral panics and how far it was shaped by the interplay between law officers and forensic experts, by the prejudices of the local community and civic leaders, and by Scotland’s distinctive legal and moral identity. The law in practice is seen to have sustained important norms of sexual behaviour and masculinity along with an enduring double moral standard with respect to female sexuality. This volume thus affords a remarkable new perspective on the sexual behaviours and ideologies of Scottish society across the twentieth century and into the new millennium.

Key Features

Offers a new perspective on the relationship between the law and society in modern Scotland
Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of sexual practices and attitudes in modern Scotland
Highlights and explores previously neglected areas of Scottish social life and sexual behavior

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Acknowledgements

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1. Introduction

2. ‘Venereal Trouble’: The Case of ‘Professor’ Abraham Eastburn

3. ‘This Pernicious Delusion’: Law, Medicine and Child Sexual Abuse

4. ‘Unnatural Carnal Connection’: Bestiality and the Law in Early-Twentieth-Century Scotland

5. ‘There’s the Man who Shifts the Babies’: Abortion in the Scottish High Court, 1900−30

6. ‘An Open and Notorious House of Lewdness’: Dora Noyce and the Danube Street Brothel

7. Cure or Confinement?: Law, Medicine and the Treatment of Homosexual Offenders in Scotland, 1950−80

8. ‘Liable or Likely to Deprave and Corrupt the Morals of the Lieges’: Sex Shops and Moral Panic in Late-Twentieth-Century Scotland

9. ‘Culpable and Reckless Conduct’: Criminalising the Transmission of HIV in Scotland, 1983−2014

10. Conclusion

Sources and Select Bibliography

Index

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