All Outputs (5)

Pornography, Pragmatism and Proscription (2009)
Journal Article
McGlynn, C., & Ward, I. (2009). Pornography, Pragmatism and Proscription. Journal of Law and Society, 36(3), 327-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2009.00470.x

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 criminalizes the possession of extreme pornography, namely, images of bestiality, necrophilia, and life-threatening or serious violence, and is the immediate context for this article which seeks to presen... Read More about Pornography, Pragmatism and Proscription.

Rape, Torture and the European Convention on Human Rights (2009)
Journal Article
McGlynn, C. (2009). Rape, Torture and the European Convention on Human Rights. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 58(3), 565-595. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589309001195

This article examines the legacy of the ground-breaking judgment in Aydin v Turkey in which the European Court of Human Rights held that rape could constitute torture. Ten years on, it examines jurisprudential developments in the conceptualisation of... Read More about Rape, Torture and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Judging Destricted (2009)
Journal Article
McGlynn, C., Rackley, E., & Ward, I. (2009). Judging Destricted. King's Law Journal, 20(1), 53-67

The film Destricted purports to explore the boundaries of art and pornography. Awarded an '18' certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), the film nonetheless contains images of sexual violence and childlike sexual activity. In t... Read More about Judging Destricted.

Is big brother in the bedroom? No (2009)
Other
McGlynn, C. (2009). Is big brother in the bedroom? No

Criminalising Extreme Pornography: A Lost Opportunity (2009)
Journal Article
McGlynn, C., & Rackley, E. (2009). Criminalising Extreme Pornography: A Lost Opportunity. Criminal law review, 245-260

This article considers provisions criminalising the possession of ‘extreme pornography’ in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. It begins by outlining the current criminal law regime governing pornography, before considering the new measure... Read More about Criminalising Extreme Pornography: A Lost Opportunity.