ABSTRACT
How far does and should English criminal law seek to limit the sexual activity of a person infected with a sexually-transmittable disease which may expose a partner to the risk of death? This chapter examines the case of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which whilst not the only serious sexually-transmittable disease,1 is the only one where consequential2 death is probably inevitable, and for which (according to current understanding) there is unlikely to be an effective vaccine or cure in the foreseeable future.
