R v R
Criminal Law
R v R
In R v R (A Husband) (1991), the House of Lords decided whether a husband could be criminally liable for raping his wife. The case challenged the long-standing common law principle which asserted that a wife could not retract consent to intercourse once given upon marriage.
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