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Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex

Dr Tanya Palmer is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, who specialises in Criminal Law with a particular focus on the sexual offences and the intersection of sexual and domestic abuse. She has a BA in Law from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Socio-Legal Studies and a PhD in Law from the University of Bristol. She is passionate about making legal issues more accessible to the public.

Experience

  • 2013–present
    Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex
  • 2012–2013
    ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol
  • 2008–2013
    Teacher, University of Bristol

Publications

  • 2021
    Telling the wrong stories: rough sex, coercive control and the criminal law, Child and Family Law Quarterly
  • 2020
    Failing to See the Wood for the Trees: Chronic Sexual Violation and Criminal Law, 84(6) The Journal of Criminal Law 573
  • 2018
    Rape pornography, cultural harm and criminalization, 69 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 37
  • 2017
    Distinguishing sex from sexual violation: Consent, negotiation and freedom to negotiate, In: Reed, Bohlander, Wake and Smith (eds) Consent: Domestic and Comparative Perspectives (Routledge)
  • 2016
    State control of consensual sexual behaviour through the Sexual Offences Act 2003, In: Ashford, Reed and Wake (eds.) Legal perspectives on state power: consent and control. (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)