Uncovering Issues of Sexual Violence in Equity and Trusts Law
What does the issue of sexual violence against women have to do with Equity and Trusts law? Most students and scholars of the subject would say “very little”. In this paper I argue, on the contrary that the issue of gendered violence does indeed arise in this subject-area but it is usually rendered...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bond University
1995-01-01
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| Series: | Legal Education Review |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.53300/001c.6047 |
| Summary: | What does the issue of sexual violence against women have to do with Equity and Trusts law? Most students and scholars of the subject would say “very little”. In this paper I argue, on the contrary that the issue of gendered violence does indeed arise in this subject-area but it is usually rendered invisible by an overly narrow view of what counts as appropriate legal scholarship and pedagogy.
The aim of this paper is a modest one: it is to take one narrowly defined “legal” method — case analysis — and turn it on its head so that it forms the basis of a critical, context-sensitive pedagogy which makes space for an exploration of the issue of sexual violence within this subject-area. By employing what I call “critical case analysis” in three doctrinal areas of Equity and Trusts law — undue influence, unconscionable dealing and fiduciary relationships — I hope to show that issues of sexual violence do arise in this subject; that these issues are often omitted or inadequately dealt with by courts and traditional scholars; and that critical case analysis can be a useful pedagogical tool in our classrooms for exposing and exploring such issues. |
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| ISSN: | 1033-2839 1839-3713 |