Troubled Marriage Domestic Violence and the Legal System

Name: Troubled Marriage Domestic Violence and the Legal System
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ISBN: 9781479858576

ISBN-10: 1479858579

ISBN-13: 9781479858576

Edition: 2013

Authors: Leigh Goodmark

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Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013 The development of a legal regime to combat domestic violence in the United States has been lauded as one of the feminist movement's greatest triumphs. But, Leigh Goodmark argues, the resulting system is deeply flawed in ways that prevent it from assisting many women subjected to abuse. The current legal response to domestic violence is excessively focused on physical violence; this narrow definition of abuse fails to provide protection from behaviors that are profoundly damaging, including psychological, economic, and reproductive abuse. The system uses mandatory policies that deny women subjected to abuse autonomy and agency, substituting…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Leigh Goodmark is Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Education, and Co-Director of the Center on Applied Feminism at the University of Baltimore School of Law.