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    Sense and Caution : A Comparative Perspective on Sweden’s Negligent Rape Law

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    Many jurisdictions have broadened the scope of criminalized sexual violence through the introduction of consent-based models. At the same time, measures have been taken in regards to the subjective elements for criminal liability in answer to a common defence in rape cases: namely, that the defendant lacked knowledge of the other person’s lack of consent. While some jurisdictions have introduced limitations to the defence of mistaken belief in consent – for example, the ‘reasonable steps’ provision in Canada – other countries, like Sweden, have introduced negligence as a sufficient fault element for rape liability. This paper examines the recently established negligent rape law in Sweden as one instance of a trend: a move in sex crimes law towards introducing a duty of diligence for persons who initiate sexual acts. I use a rape case from a Swedish court of appeal to illustrate fault elements across jurisdictions and to discuss some implications of criminal law operating with a diligence standard

    Brottsoffers yttrandefrihet och förtalsbrottet

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    Den här artikeln handlar om hur förtalsbrottet tillämpas på situa­tioner då en person berättar i sociala medier att hen har utsatts för våld eller sexuella övergrepp av en viss person. Inledningsvis diskuteras hur rättighets­skyddet enligt regeringsformen och Europakonventionen inverkar på tillämp­ningen av förtalsbrottet och de omständigheter som bör beaktas i avväg­ningen mellan rätten till respekt för privatlivet och rätten till yttrandefrihet. Därefter analyseras hur förtalsbestämmelsen har tillämpats i tingsrätts- och hovrättsdomar och hur den tillämpningen förhåller sig till rättighetsskyddet

    #metoo och de fem förtalsdomarna

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    Berättigad kritik mot rättsväsendet eller okontrollerad pöbeljustis? I kölvattnet av #metoo-rörelsen kvarstår spänningen mellan de sociala mediernas virala rätt och rättsväsendets formella rätt. Rättsvetaren Linnea Wegerstad tar sig här an kärnan i den senaste tidens fem #metoo-relaterade förtalsåtal: konflikten mellan rätten att berätta om sexuellt våld och rätten att inte bli föremål för ryktesspridning

    Theorising sexual harassment and criminalisation in a Swedish context

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    This article offers a theoretical approach to criminalisation in relation to sexual harassment, using Sweden as example. The topic is spurred by two separate but interrelated phenomena. The first is the #metoo movement, which raised not only awareness of the widespread problem of sexual harassment, but also questions as to whether criminal law can provide a proper response. The second is a growing concern, both in international research and among Swedish activists, that the feminist struggle against sexual violence is turning towards punitive measures. Taking the standpoint that feminist research and activism should engage in a critical conversation with criminal law and crime policy, this article employs Kelly’s concept of the continuum of sexual violence to analyse the scope for criminal law interventions regarding men’s intimate intrusions against women. Swedish criminal regulation is used to highlight some of the challenges of designing a criminal provision that considers the individual effects as well as the cumulative and collective impacts of sexual harassment
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