Texas has recently overhauled its consent laws through the passage of House Bill 3073, now known as "the Summer Willis Act," ...

It took about five years to achieve the current consent definition, which recognizes that the essence of consent is willingness – but that how willingness is expressed depends on context.

In her concise yet thought-provoking book, Consent: Fearful Asymmetry, Nilofer Kaul critically examines the concept of consent, unpacking its underlying assumptions of equality, rationality, and ...

A bill that would have added a legal definition of consent to South Dakota's rape statute died in a Senate committee Tuesday afternoon. House Bill 1150 would have added a definition for "consent ...

To know there's a legal definition for consent makes me feel more protected," Dunning said. Dawn Dunning leaves New York Criminal Court following the sentencing of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein ...

To fix rape law, the legal definition of consent should be modified to remove provisions that take a rapist’s state of mind into account and add provisions that increase the quality of law’s respect ...

Affirmative consent means that consent is clear, knowing, and voluntary. CU Boulder’s definition of consent does have an affirmative consent standard, and states that, “Consent must include words or ...

The lack of legal clarity around consent laws in the U.S. means that many sexual assaults, especially ones on college ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will have a statewide definition of affirmative consent on college campuses as part of a law to combat sexual assaults.. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders ...

Texas has recently overhauled its consent laws through the passage of House Bill 3073, now known as “the Summer Willis Act,” which is set to take effect this fall. The bipartisan measure ...