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Marriage Mimicry: The Law Of Domestic Violence, Ruth Colker
Marriage Mimicry: The Law Of Domestic Violence, Ruth Colker
William & Mary Law Review
In this Article, Professor Colker argues that the legal system does not simply privilege those in marital relationships but has now begun to privilege those in "marriage-like" relationships through what she terms a marriage-mimicry model. She uses the law of domestic violence to critique this model. She traces the haphazard development of the law of domestic violence and argues that it has served to underprotect many of the victims of domestic violence because lawmakers have reflexively only provided legal recourse for those in marriage-like relationships without asking who is most in need of legal protection. She argues that the legal …
Conceptualizing Violence Against Pregnant Women, Deborah Tuerkheimer
Conceptualizing Violence Against Pregnant Women, Deborah Tuerkheimer
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Domestic Violence In Ghana: The Open Secret, Nancy Chi Cantalupo, Sue Shin, Kay Park, Lisa Vollendorf Martin
Domestic Violence In Ghana: The Open Secret, Nancy Chi Cantalupo, Sue Shin, Kay Park, Lisa Vollendorf Martin
Law Faculty Research Publications
No abstract provided.
Do Ask And Do Tell: Rethinking The Lawyer's Duty To Warn In Domestic Violence Cases, Margaret B. Drew, Sarah Buel
Do Ask And Do Tell: Rethinking The Lawyer's Duty To Warn In Domestic Violence Cases, Margaret B. Drew, Sarah Buel
Margaret B Drew
Empirical data document that while domestic violence victims face high risk of recurring abuse, batterers’ lawyers may be privy to information that could avert further harm. Attorneys owe a duty of confidentiality to their clients that can be breached only in extraordinary circumstances, such as when counsel learns her client plans to commit a crime. To resolve the tension between client confidentiality and victim safety, this Article argues that, in the context of domestic violence cases, lawyers have an affirmative duty to (1) screen battering clients who have indicated a likelihood of harming others, (2) attempt to dissuade them from …
Domestic Violence: Societal Views And Survivors Of Domestic Violence, Asking The Right Questions, Dana Harrington Conner
Domestic Violence: Societal Views And Survivors Of Domestic Violence, Asking The Right Questions, Dana Harrington Conner
Dana Harrington Conner
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