About Author: Nick Cowen

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Nick Cowen is a political theorist and public policy analyst with degrees from Oxford and University College London. He has written articles for The Sunday Times and the Yorkshire Post.

His research on freedom of expression was made possible by the generous support of the Institute For Humane Studies and the collegiate support of Backlash.

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• Regulating Relationships: Emotional Abuse and Violence
  27 February 2013 3:29 PM | No Comments

  At a recent Manchester Salon event, Helen Reece and Anna Percy discussed new domestic violence legislation that expands the definition of DV to include 'emotional abuse' and 'coercive control'.

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• Nude Norms: The Curious Case of the Castro
  21 January 2013 3:25 PM | No Comments

  Chris Ashford and Sara Mohammadzadeh note how sexual freedom has shifted from the radical narrative of the 70s to the more cautious and homogenous attitude of the twenty-first century.

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• “I can’t imagine why you would want to watch this…”
  25 November 2012 11:03 AM | No Comments

  Jane Fae argues that the real danger to individual freedom lies in the sub-legal level: the legal establishment's view of what the law OUGHT to say.

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• Extreme Pornography: Legal Theory, Institutional Reality
  27 August 2012 4:15 PM | 5 Comments

  Following the Simon Walsh case, Nick Cowen challenges the arguments of those academic legal theorists who claimed the objections to the 'extreme pornography law' were overwrought or unjustified.

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• Reflections and Future Legal Directions After #porntrial
  10 August 2012 12:32 PM | No Comments

  Chris Ashford was an expert witness in R v Walsh. He reflects here on the potential legal implications of the case.

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• The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage
  09 May 2012 1:09 PM | No Comments

  Chris Ashford notes that, despite politics on both sides of the Atlantic being dominated by the subject of same-sex marriage, most politicians remain frustratingly vague about their views.

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