The Tyranny of Ordinary Meaning

Corbett v Corbett and the Invention of Legal Sex

By:

Christopher Hutton

Format:

Hardback

Show Hide Adult Content

$210.99

Available from supplier

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

0 in Trolley

Price Match

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $52.75 with Afterpay Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

Around 11-21 June using International Courier

Description

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the case of Corbett v Corbett, a landmark in terms of law’s engagement with sexual identity, marriage, and transgender rights. The judgement was handed down in 1970, but the decision has shaped decades of debate about the law’s control and recognition of non-normative gender identities. The decision in this case – that the marriage between the Hon. Arthur Corbett and April Ashley was void on the grounds that April Ashley had been born male – has been profoundly influential across the common law world, and came as a dramatic and intolerant intervention in developing discussions about the relationships between medicine, law, questions of sex versus gender, and personal identity. The case raises fundamental questions concerning law in its historical and intellectual context, in particular relating to the centrality of ordinary language for legal interpretation, and this book will be of interest to students and scholars of language and law, legal history, gender and sexuality.

Author Biography:

Christopher Hutton is Chair Professor in the School of English at the University of Hong Kong. His research concerns the history of linguistics within the history of ideas, in particular the relationship between linguistics and race theory, and linguistics and fascism. In the last decade he has been working on the politics of language and interpretation in the context of the law, focusing on the classification of objects, acts, animals and people.

Release date Australia

July 3rd, 2019

Author

Christopher Hutton

Pages

187

Edition

1st ed. 2019

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

VIII, 187 p.

ISBN-13

9783030202705

Product ID

30342694

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here