Welcome to the launch of the book ‘Challenging Legal Core Values Consent-Based Rape Legislation In Practice’. The book presents the first ethnographic study of the consent-based rape legislation in Sweden and shows how its implementation challenges outdated legal frameworks and requires a change in legal practice.
The book focuses on the Swedish context but provides insights that are globally applicable, while offering lessons for other countries that have implemented consent-based rape laws. By examining the limitations of the conventional legal application of autonomy, rationality and objectivity, the authors argue for an evolved approach to ensure fairness and effectiveness. Integrating feminist legal theory with the sociology of emotion, the book shows how emotional and contextual factors shape legal reasoning.
With the goal of making legal processes for sexual violence more transparent, predictable, and democratic worldwide, this is an urgent call for improved professional training in emotional reflexivity and empathy.
Moa Bladini, Associate Professor of Criminal Law
Sara Uhnoo, Associate Professor of Sociology
Åsa Wettergren, Professor of Sociology
The seminar is organised in collaboration between the EMOGU, Criminology and FEMSEM research networks at the Department of Sociology and Work Science.