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Article
Abstract
[First paragraph]
The ripple effect caused by the landmark case Leung Roy William v. Secretary for Justice (2004) [1] has been far-reaching and significant in its impact: in 2006, the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission set up the Sexual Offences Sub-Committee ('the Sub-Committee' hereafter); in the next 4 years, the Sub-Committee issued a series of reports and consultation papers: (1) Interim Proposals on a Sex Offender Register - Consultation Paper (2008); (2) Sexual Offences Records Checks for Child-related Work: Interim Proposals (2010); and (3) The Common Law Presumption that a Boy under 14 is Incapable of Sexual Intercourse: Report (2010). The most recent outcome is a consultation paper, titled 'Rape and other non-consensual sexual offences' ('Consultation Paper'), which was published in September 2012. Recommendation 1 of the Consultation Paper declares that (1) Respect for sexual autonomy, (2) Protective Principle, (3) Gender Neutrality and (4) Avoidance of distinctions based on sexual orientation are the guiding principles behind other recommendations [2], which include [3]...
Repository Citation
Chiu, Man-Chung. "'Deterritorializing Sexuality, Act(less)ing Justice': Žižekian / Deleuzean / Lao Zi’s Perspective on Hong Kong Rape Law Reform." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 15, no. 2, 2015, pp. 1–31. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol15/iss2/7