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Civil Images Of Battered Women: The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Child Custody Decisions, Naomi R. Cahn Oct 1991

Civil Images Of Battered Women: The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Child Custody Decisions, Naomi R. Cahn

Vanderbilt Law Review

The purpose of child custody decisions is to develop an arrangement that is in the best interest of the child by awarding the child to one or both natural parents.' The critical factors in determining the child's best interest are those that have a direct impact on the child and the child's relationships. The question of which factors are most relevant to the child's best interest is unsettled,' and the answers that have been developed are "highly contingent social construction[s]." This Article examines one factor that is directly related to children's relation- ships and well-being, yet is rarely included in …

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Defending Women, Susan Estrich May 1990

Defending Women, Susan Estrich

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Justifiable Homicide: Battered Women, Self-Defense and The Law by Cynthia Gillespie

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Domestic Relations Family Violence Act: Modify Provisions, K. Richardson Sep 1988

Domestic Relations Family Violence Act: Modify Provisions, K. Richardson

Georgia State University Law Review

The Acts broaden the category of protected persons, reduce the standard for issuance of a temporary protective order, ease provisions in state licensing requirements for family violence shelters, and promote training of law enforcement officers in handling domestic violence cases.

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Protecting Battered Women: A Proposal For Comprehensive Domestic Violence Legislation In New York, Lisa R. Beck Jan 1987

Protecting Battered Women: A Proposal For Comprehensive Domestic Violence Legislation In New York, Lisa R. Beck

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This note proposes that New York implement a mandatory arrest policy for certain types of domestic violence. The author first examines New York's current methods of addressing domestic violence, including previous attempts at decriminalization, judicial remedies, and the effectiveness of orders of protection. The author then describes the issues of the current discretionary arrest policy. The note examines domestic violence legislation in other states, then proposes a comprehensive statutory scheme to address domestic violence in New York state.

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Criminal Procedure Arrest Of Persons: Family Violence Provisions: Unmarried Cohabitation, Georgia State University Law Review Sep 1986

Criminal Procedure Arrest Of Persons: Family Violence Provisions: Unmarried Cohabitation, Georgia State University Law Review

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act allows a police officer to make an arrest without a warrant where there is probable cause to believe a criminal offense involving family violence has occurred between persons of the opposite sex living together in a meretricious relationship.

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The Inadequate Police Protection Of Battered Wives: Can A City And Its Police Be Held Liable Under The Equal Protection Clause?, Jeffrey A. Shapiro Jan 1986

The Inadequate Police Protection Of Battered Wives: Can A City And Its Police Be Held Liable Under The Equal Protection Clause?, Jeffrey A. Shapiro

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The police strive to settle the vast majority of wife battering cases without arrest or through mediation, often leading to terrible results for the abused wife. This Note supports holding a city and its police liable under the equal protection clause for the inadequate police protection of battered wives. The Note finds the best legal strategy under the equal protection clause would involve showing impermissible gender-based discrimination.

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The Home Front: Notes From The Family War Zone, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

The Home Front: Notes From The Family War Zone, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Home Front: Notes from the Family War Zone by Louise Armstrong

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Domestic Violence - Responding To A National Tragedy, Barbara A. Mikulski Jan 1981

Domestic Violence - Responding To A National Tragedy, Barbara A. Mikulski

University of Baltimore Law Forum

No abstract provided.

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California's Response To Domestic Violence, Billy G. Mills, Mary Lyons Mcnamar Jan 1981

California's Response To Domestic Violence, Billy G. Mills, Mary Lyons Mcnamar

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Gun Control Statutes And Domestic Violence, Elmer A. Bessick Jan 1970

Gun Control Statutes And Domestic Violence, Elmer A. Bessick

Cleveland State Law Review

If gun control were an effective method to reduce the number of guns available in the urban households, then it is quite possible that many family quarrels and other arguments would not end with someone's death. The availability of firearms makes the gun a readily accessible vehicle of violence. If the regulation of this vehicle were more strict, then perhaps this type of domestic violence would be less frequent.

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Qualified Martial Law A Legislative Proposal, Henry Winthrop Ballantine Dec 1915

Qualified Martial Law A Legislative Proposal, Henry Winthrop Ballantine

Michigan Law Review

When it is considered that there has been scarcely a year since the beginning of the Government that the Army has not been called upon to quell disturbances too great for the state authorities to handle; and that during the last thirty-five years the state troops have been called out more than five hundred times, the extent to which we are dependent upon the military are as a police force may be better realized.

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