14. Harm Production: An Argument for Decriminalization

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I. TRANSNATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
5. 1. Janet Halley in Conversation with Aziza Ahmed: Interview 17
6. 2. Seismic Shifts: How Prosecution Became the Go- To Tool to Vindicate Rights 39
7. 3. The Harm Principle Meets Morality Offenses: Human Rights, Criminal Law, and the Regulation of Sex and Gender 54
8. 4. Reflections of a Human Rights Activist 75
9. PART II. NATIONAL HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
10. 5. Virtuous Rights: On Prostitution Exceptionalism in South Korea 93
11. 6. Brazilian Sex Laws: Continuities, Ruptures, and Paradoxes 114
12. 7. The Reach of a Skirt in Southern Africa: Claims to Law and Custom in Protecting and Patrolling Relations of Gender and Sexuality 134
13. 8. Abortion as Treason: Sexuality and Nationalism in France 158
14. PART III. CON TEMPORARY NATIONAL CONCERNS
15. 9. Wanja Muguongo in Conversation with Alice M. Miller: Interview 173
16. 10. Criminal Law, Activism, and Sexual and Reproductive Justice: What We Can Learn from the Sex Selection Campaign in India 185
17. 11. Poisoned Gifts: Old Moralities under New Clothes? 199
18. 12. The Filth They Bring: Sex Panics and Racial Others in Lebanon 220
19. 13. Objects in Political Mirrors May Not Be What They Appear 233
20. 14. Harm Production: An Argument for Decriminalization 248
21. NOTES 269
22. CONTRIBUTORS 335
23. INDEX 337
24. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 353