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Abstract: 

The most significant change in the reality of sexual violence in the last 10 years has been a reformulation of the definitions used to proscribe sexually violative behaviors in society. More accurately, this decade has witnessed a retreat from the legislative baggage that has been tacked onto statutory definitions of rape and sexual assault over many decades, in deference to a re-emergence and modernization of the common law definitions of these crimes. This article looks at the shift to the consent concept of common law and the essential elements of it.

Keywords: English Common Law;

Affiliations:  1: Sexual Assault Awareness Educator; 2: Editor.