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Defending Battered Women's Self-Defense Claims, Kit Kinports

Journal Articles

This Article contends that many battered women who kill their abusive spouses can legitimately raise the standard self-defense claim. No substantial extension of self-defense doctrine is required to justify the acquittal of battered women on self-defense grounds. Furthermore, no special "battered women defense" is necessary or even desirable in such cases.

Part I of this Article summarizes the results of psychological research studying abused women and battering relationships. It further explains the concept of the :battered woman syndrome" which describes the effects of sustained physical and psychological abuse by one's husband. Part II discusses the requirements of a successful self-defense …

Beating Up On Women And Old Men And Other Enormities: A Social Historical Inquiry Into Literary Sources, William I. Miller

Articles

The Icelandic sagas, besides being one of the most impressive literatures existing in any language, preserve detailed accounts of feud and legal action, and describe with intelligence and care the general techniques and strategies of dispute processing. They also contain, incidental to the narrative, information about values and law, marriage and death, householding arrangements and the systems of exchange, naming patterns, and so on, for those who care to coax such information from the texts.

Spruce Run News (December 1987), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (Summer 1987), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (December 1986), Spruce Run Staff

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Spruce Run News (Summer 1986), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (Fall 1985), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (Winter 1984-1985), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (Fall 1984), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (Spring 1984), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (December 1983), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (Undated), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (Summer 1983), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Legal Remedial Alternatives For Spouse Abuse In Texas, Gerald S. Reamey

Faculty Articles

There are numerous civil and criminal legal alternatives available in Texas for dealing with abuse between adult cohabitants. Current and proposed systems may protect victims more effectively and deter abusers, and empirical studies can reveal the direction legal systems should take to pinpoint the flaws and shortcomings in present legal responses to abuse.

The difficulty of assessing the extent of spousal abuse increases the difficulty of finding an effective legal remedy. Abuse, like rape, is far less likely to be reported than other crimes. In addition, spousal abuse is hard to define in any meaningful statistical manner because of the …

Spruce Run News (December 1982), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (August 1982), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (January 1982), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (March 1981), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Conjugal Violence: The Law Of Force And The Force Of Law , Maria Marcus

Faculty Scholarship

The Article concludes that neither the impartial mission of the rule of law nor the neatly tooled goal of individual justice has been served by the governmental response to conjugal violence, and suggests the elements from which a valid approach may be constructed.

Spruce Run News (June 1980), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Handbook On Domestic Violence, California Department Of Justice

California Agencies

This booklet was originally prepared as a program supplement for distribution at the Attorney General's Conference on Domestic Violence held during the week of April 24-28, 1978 in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The purpose of the Conference on Domestic Violence was to provide a statewide policy level forum for sharing the newest information available about law enforcement and criminal justice procedures for dealing with domestic violence.

Spruce Run News (February 1979), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (November 1978), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Domestic Violence, Senate Subcommittee On Administration Of Justice

California Senate

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Handbook On Domestic Violence, California Department Of Justice

California Agencies

This booklet was prepared as a program supplement for distribution at the Attorney General's Conference on Domestic Violence held during the week of April 24-28, 1978 in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The purpose of the Conference on Domestic Violence was to provide a statewide policy level forum for sharing the newest information available about law enforcement and criminal justice procedures for dealing with domestic violence.

Spruce Run News (March 1978), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (February1978), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (November 1977), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (September 1977), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Spruce Run News (April 1977), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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