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Battered, Broken, Bruised, Or Abandoned: Domestic Strife Presents Foreign Nationals Access To Immigration Relief, Misty Wilson Borkowski Jul 2009

Battered, Broken, Bruised, Or Abandoned: Domestic Strife Presents Foreign Nationals Access To Immigration Relief, Misty Wilson Borkowski

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Transnational Families In Crisis: An Analysis Of The Domestic Violence Rule In E.U. Free Movement Law, Adam Weiss Jan 2009

Transnational Families In Crisis: An Analysis Of The Domestic Violence Rule In E.U. Free Movement Law, Adam Weiss

Michigan Journal of International Law

This Essay analyzes a concrete rule of European law that has emerged to address the problem of domestic violence within certain transnational families. The domestic violence rule is found in Article 13 of the European Community Free Movement Directive (the Directive), legislation that governs the rights of E.U. citizens and their family members to enter and reside in other E.U. Member States.6 The rule affects the rights of a discrete group: non-E.U. ("third-country national") family members of migrant E.U. citizens, that is, E.U. citizens who have moved to another E.U. Member State (the "host State") to exercise residence rights there. …


Update On Asylum Law: New Hope For Victims Of Domestic Violence , Sandra A. Grossman, María Mañón Jan 2009

Update On Asylum Law: New Hope For Victims Of Domestic Violence , Sandra A. Grossman, María Mañón

The Modern American

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Seeking Protection From The Law? Exploring Changing Arguments For U.S. Domestic Violence Asylum Claims And Gendered Resistance By Courts , Richael Faithful Jan 2009

Seeking Protection From The Law? Exploring Changing Arguments For U.S. Domestic Violence Asylum Claims And Gendered Resistance By Courts , Richael Faithful

The Modern American

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Pulling The Trigger: Separation Violence As A Basis For Refugee Protection For Battered Women, Marisa Cianciarulo, Claudia David Jan 2009

Pulling The Trigger: Separation Violence As A Basis For Refugee Protection For Battered Women, Marisa Cianciarulo, Claudia David

American University Law Review

For over a decade, women seeking asylum from persecution inflicted by their abusive husbands and partners have found little protection in the United States. During that time, domestic violence-based asylum cases have languished in limbo, been denied, or occasionally been granted in unpublished opinions that have not provided a much-needed adjudicative standard. The main case setting forth the pre-Obama approach to domestic violence-based asylum is rife with misunderstanding of the nature of domestic violence and minimization of the role that society plays in the proliferation of domestic violence. Fortunately, however, a recent Obama-administration legal brief indicates that women fleeing countries …


Failure To Arrest: A Pilot Study Of Police Response To Domestic Violence In Rural Illinois , Sara R. Benson Jan 2009

Failure To Arrest: A Pilot Study Of Police Response To Domestic Violence In Rural Illinois , Sara R. Benson

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem Jan 2009

Opuz V. Turkey: Europe's Landmark Judgment On Violence Against Women, Tarik Abdel-Monem

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Leaving Maryland Workers Behind: A Comparison Of State Employee Leave Statutes, Michael J. Hayes Jan 2009

Leaving Maryland Workers Behind: A Comparison Of State Employee Leave Statutes, Michael J. Hayes

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Jewish Women Under Siege: The Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Love And The Law, Adam H. Koblenz Jan 2009

Jewish Women Under Siege: The Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Love And The Law, Adam H. Koblenz

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.