Law and Consent : Contesting the Common Sense (Paperback)

TABLE OF CONTENTSList of Abbreviations Introduction Law & Consent: A Tale of Contradictions Consent’s Autonomy Story Methodology: A Juridical Genealogy of Consent Charting the Course: A Chapter Outline 　Chapter 1: The Common Sense of consent Mediated Magic: Paternalism and its Paradox The Parameters of Consent: Productive Preconditions Voluntariness Knowledge Rationality Conceptualising the Common: Tacit consent & Intelligibility Conclusion 　Chapter 2: Ancient SEx Regulating Sex Among the Ancients Offences of hubris Offences of bia/raptus Offences of moicheia/stuprum Ancient Outlaws: Unintelligible Acts (Post)Modern Reflections Conclusion 　Chapter 3: Medieval Medicine Medieval Medicine: A Monastic Enterprise Regulating Access Theory over Practice Christian Alignment Medieval Doctors & their Patients: A Match made in Heaven the Medieval Doctor-Patient Relationship: ‘The Way, The Truth & the LIght’ Conclusion 　Chapter 4: Modern Sport Harmful Horseplay: Consent & Contact Sports Foul Play: Fighting in Sports ‘No sissy stuff’: Harm & Hegemonic Masculinity in Sport Capitalism with the Gloves off: Consent & Body Capital in Sport Conclusion 　Chapter 5: The Political Economy of Consent Neoliberal Rationality: Touched by an Invisible Hand The Market Rationality: An Origin-less Story The Neoliberal Subject: A Normative Ontology Consent within a Capitalist Logic: Revisiting Criminal & Medical Law Social Utility in a Neoliberal World The Capacity to Consent: An Act of Self-governance Conclusion Conclusion Index