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Criminal Law

Group Assignment

Non-consensual Pornography

I have already distributed this group assignment on Canvas, but have put it here again for your convenience for our class discussion. Below is a repeat of the instructions and question.

[This assignment will be due in a couple weeks as reflected on the Syllabus: Reading Assignments. I will post your group assignments to Canvas--they will be alphabetical. I know that it can be a little annoying or awkward to work with people whom you may not know well yet. But it is especially important to work on a statute such as this with people who may not share your views. We now have numerous tools to attain our objective, or to find compromise, as sketched more below. And I am confident you will be far more respectful and productive than most legislatures actually are--especially nowadays. 

Also, the topic itself may be disturbing to some. But this crime, and related crimes involving deep fakes, have become a widespread tool primarily wielded against girls and women, imposing sometimes disabling harms on them and potentially acting to sideline women from parts of society more generally. In other words, in addition to using this crime as a drafting exercise, we must understand how criminalizing such behavior may help reduce discrimination against girls and women.]