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| Title | : | Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300083432 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
Dated z Dated, in the sense that it ardently espouses leftover feminist theory from the early 1970s. Good historical overview of 1970s feminist law, otherwise, for whatever that might be worth (that is, for the class paper you have been assigned to write).
An examination of the path-breaking legal process that has brought the pervasiveness and severity of domestic violence to public attention in the USA, and has led the United States Congress, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations to address the problem.
It is an erudite, well-written examination of law, domestic battery, and the implications for equality, and a highly recommended read for activists, legal actors, academics, and interested lay readers. Men who beat their wives were, and are, infrequently punished, or if at all, only leniently. Common law explicitly recognized a man's right to beat his wife with a stick, as long as the stick was no thicker than his thumb (it is from this tradition that we derive the phrase "rule of thumb"). Women who are battered are often blamed for provoking the attack--even by the most trivial of acts or omissions--or for failing to leave, even though they may fear retribution, or other motivations may make flight less obvious a solution than
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