(760) THE LORD ADVOCATE AND THE LAW OF RAPE
Eilish Angiolini, the Lord Advocate, spoke on 4 March 2008 to a conference organised by Rape Crisis Scotland. Her speech is accessible at http://www.copfs.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/6/0000375.pdf .
During the speech she praised the redefinition of rape by Lord Justice General Cullen at para [40] of the Lord Advocate’s Reference No 1 of 2001 (http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/opinions/Refence%201.html – see no 145) and Lord Cullen’s comments that,
What does the law of rape seek to protect in the modern world? It may be said with considerable force that it should seek to protect a woman against the invasion of her privacy by sexual intercourse