HIV and the meaning of harm

Matthew Weait

HIV and the meaning of harm

Matthew Weait

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Abstract

Much of the criticism addressed at laws criminalising HIV transmission, exposure and non-disclosure assume the legitimacy of treating HIV as a harm with which the criminal law should necessarily be concerned. Using theoretical perspectives drawn from actor network theory and posthumanism, this essay suggests that this assumption may be challenged, and that doing so has the potential to combat discrimination against those living with HIV and AIDS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Criminalising Contagion
Editors	Catherine Stanton, Hannah Quirk
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	18-34
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	978-1-107-09182-5
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016

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Name	Cambridge Bioethics and Law

Keywords

HIV
criminal law
public health
posthumanism
Actor-Network Theory
harm
criminalisation

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HIV and the meaning of harm

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