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Gender And The Law: Mexican Legislation On Domestic Violence, Marta Torres Falcon
Gender And The Law: Mexican Legislation On Domestic Violence, Marta Torres Falcon
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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'Til Death Do Us Part: Why Personal Jurisdiction Is Required To Issue Victim Protection Orders Against Nonresident Abusers, Bevan J. Graybill
'Til Death Do Us Part: Why Personal Jurisdiction Is Required To Issue Victim Protection Orders Against Nonresident Abusers, Bevan J. Graybill
Oklahoma Law Review
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In Search Of Guidance: An Examination Of Past, Present, And Future Adjudications Of Domestic Violence Asylum Claims, Barbara R. Barreno
In Search Of Guidance: An Examination Of Past, Present, And Future Adjudications Of Domestic Violence Asylum Claims, Barbara R. Barreno
Vanderbilt Law Review
L-R- is a Mexican woman who applied for asylum in the United States in 2005. She is one of countless victims of gender-based violence, which in recent decades has become a matter of international concern and which policymakers around the world have taken steps to combat. The United States has been among the nations that have made eliminating gender-based violence a priority by passing such legislation as the Violence Against Women Act ("VAWA") and by creating two special forms of visas for victims of domestic violence. While great strides have been taken to protect immigrant women who are already in …