The Tyranny of Ordinary Meaning : Corbett v Corbett and the Invention of Legal Sex / by Christopher Hutton.
Hutton, Christopher, author
2019
P40-40.5
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Title The Tyranny of Ordinary Meaning : Corbett v Corbett and the Invention of Legal Sex / by Christopher Hutton.
Author Hutton, Christopher, author
Edition 1st ed. 2019.
ISBN 9783030202712
3030202712
9783030202712
9783030202705 (print)
3030202704
9783030202729 (print)
3030202720
9783030202736 (print)
3030202739
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20271-2
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (VIII, 187 pages) : online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-20271-2 doi
Call Number P40-40.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.44
Summary This book offers an in-depth analysis of the case of Corbett v Corbett, a landmark in terms of lawâ#x80;#x99;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 lawâ#x80;#x99;s control and recognition of non-normative gender identities. The decision in this case â#x80;#x93; that the marriage between the Hon. Arthur Corbett and April Ashley was void on the grounds that April Ashley had been born male â#x80;#x93; 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. 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.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Intellectual Background
Chapter 3: Legal Sex and Marriage
Chapter 4: The Decision in Corbett v Corbett
Chapter 5: Ordinary Meaning Beyond the Law/Fact Distinction
Chapter 6: Conclusion.

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