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50 relations: Action (philosophy), Age of consent, Alzheimer's disease, Assumption of risk, Bondage (BDSM), Chester v Afshar, Commonwealth Law Reports, Comprehensive sex education, Consent (criminal law), Consent of the governed, Contact sport, Crime, Death during consensual sex, Defendant, Defense (legal), Digital signature, Doe ex. rel. Tarlow v. District of Columbia, English law, Excuse, Human sexual activity, Implied consent, Informed consent, Jurisdiction, Language, Law Reports, Legal liability, Liability waiver, Mental age, Mental disorder, Minor (law), New Zealand, Nonverbal communication, Party (law), Rape, Rape myth, Resource Management Act 1991, Saverland v Newton, Sex-positive movement, Sociocracy, Supreme court, Time (magazine), Tort, Unanimous consent, United Kingdom, Victim blaming, Victorian Reports, Volenti non fit injuria, Voluntary association, Waiver, Writing.
Action (philosophy)
In philosophy, an action is something which is done by an agent.
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Age of consent
The age of consent is the age below which a minor is considered to be legally incompetent to consent to sexual acts.
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Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time.
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Assumption of risk
Assumption of risk is a defense in the law of torts, which bars or reduces a plaintiff's right to recovery against a negligent tortfeasor if the defendant can demonstrate that the plaintiff voluntarily and knowingly assumed the risks at issue inherent to the dangerous activity in which he was participating at the time of his or her injury.
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Bondage (BDSM)
Bondage is the practice of consensually tying, binding, or restraining a partner for erotic, aesthetic, or somatosensory stimulation.
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Chester v Afshar
Chester v Afshar is an important English tort law case regarding causation in a medical negligence context.
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Commonwealth Law Reports
The Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR) are the authorised reports of decisions of the High Court of Australia.
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Comprehensive sex education
Comprehensive sex education (CSE) is a sex education instruction method based on-curriculum that aims to give students the knowledge, attitudes, skills and values to make appropriate and healthy choices in their sexual lives.
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Consent (criminal law)
In criminal law, consent may be used as an excuse and prevent the defendant from incurring liability for what was done.
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Consent of the governed
In political philosophy, the phrase consent of the governed refers to the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and lawful when consented to by the people or society over which that political power is exercised.
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Contact sport
Contact sports are sports that emphasize or require physical contact between players.
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
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Death during consensual sex
Death can occur during consensual sex for a number of reasons, generally because of the physical strain of the activity, or because of unusual extenuating circumstances.
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Defendant
A defendant is a person accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or a person against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
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Defense (legal)
In civil proceedings and criminal prosecutions under the common law, a defendant may raise a defense (or defence) in an attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability.
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Digital signature
A digital signature is a mathematical scheme for presenting the authenticity of digital messages or documents.
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Doe ex. rel. Tarlow v. District of Columbia
Doe ex. rel. Tarlow v. District of Columbia, 489 F.3d 376 (D.C. Cir. 2007), is a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, written by Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in which the Court upheld a 2003 District of Columbia statute that stated the conditions for authorizing a non-emergency surgical procedure on a mentally incompetent person.
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English law
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
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Excuse
In jurisprudence, an excuse is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation.
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Human sexual activity
Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.
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Implied consent
Implied consent is consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather implicitly granted by a person's actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation (or in some cases, by a person's silence or inaction).
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Informed consent
Informed consent is a process for getting permission before conducting a healthcare intervention on a person, or for disclosing personal information.
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Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined field of responsibility, e.g., Michigan tax law.
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Language
Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system.
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Law Reports
The Law Reports is the name of a series of law reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting.
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Legal liability
In law, liable means "esponsible or answerable in law; legally obligated." Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and can arise from various areas of law, such as contracts, torts, taxes, or fines given by government agencies.
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Liability waiver
A liability waiver is a legal document that a person who participates in an activity may sign to acknowledge the risks involved in his or her participation.
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Mental age
Mental age is a concept related to intelligence.
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Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
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Minor (law)
In law, a minor is a person under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which legally demarcates childhood from adulthood.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nonverbal communication
Nonverbal communication (NVC) between people is communication through sending and receiving wordless cues.
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Party (law)
A party is a person or group of persons that compose a single entity which can be identified as one for the purposes of the law.
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Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent.
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Rape myth
Rape myths are prejudicial, stereotyped and false beliefs about sexual assaults, rapists, and rape victims.
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Resource Management Act 1991
The Resource Management Act (RMA) passed in 1991 in New Zealand is a significant, and at times, controversial Act of Parliament.
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Saverland v Newton
Saverland v. Newton (1837) is a notorious court case in which a British gentleman, Thomas Saverland, brought an action against Miss Caroline Newton, who had bitten the left half of his nose off after he attempted to steal a kiss at a party.
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Sex-positive movement
The sex-positive movement is a social movement and philosophical movement that promotes and embraces sexuality and sexual expression, with an emphasis on safe and consensual sex.
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Sociocracy
Sociocracy, also known as dynamic governance, is a system of governance which seeks to achieve solutions that create harmonious social environments as well as productive organizations and businesses.
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Supreme court
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in many legal jurisdictions.
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Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.
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Tort
A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
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Unanimous consent
In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house (or leave of the Senate), is a situation in which no one present objects to a proposal.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Victim blaming
Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially at fault for the harm that befell them.
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Victorian Reports
The Victorian Reports (VR) are a series of law reports which report significant cases from the Supreme Court of Victoria in its first decisions and appeal decisions jurisdictions.
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Volenti non fit injuria
Volenti non fit iniuria (or injuria) (Latin: "to a willing person, injury is not done") is a common law doctrine which states that if someone willingly places themselves in a position where harm might result, knowing that some degree of harm might result, they are not able to bring a claim against the other party in tort or delict.
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Voluntary association
A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association,Prins HEL et al. (2010).. Cengage Learning. association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteers, to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose.
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Waiver
A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some known right or privilege.
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Writing
Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols.
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Affirmative consent, Concent, Consensual, Consensual sex, Consent to sexual activity, Expressed Consent, Expressed consent, Non-consensual, Nonverbal Consent, Nulla Osta, Verbal Consent.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent
