Defending Battered Women on Trial : Lessons from the Transcripts / Elizabeth A. Sheehy.
2013
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Title
Defending Battered Women on Trial : Lessons from the Transcripts / Elizabeth A. Sheehy.
Imprint
Vancouver ; Toronto : University of British Columbia Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Description
1 online resource (416 p.)
Series
Law and Society.
Formatted Contents Note
Front Matter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Angelique Lyn Lavallee
Bonnie Mooney
Kimberley Kondejewski
Gladys Heavenfire and Doreen Sorenson
Donelda Kay, Denise Robin Rain, and Jamie Gladue
Lilian Getkate
Margaret Ann Malott and Rita Graveline
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Law and Society
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Angelique Lyn Lavallee
Bonnie Mooney
Kimberley Kondejewski
Gladys Heavenfire and Doreen Sorenson
Donelda Kay, Denise Robin Rain, and Jamie Gladue
Lilian Getkate
Margaret Ann Malott and Rita Graveline
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Law and Society
Summary
In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of "battered woman syndrome" was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the legal response to battered women who killed their partners in the fifteen years since Lavallee. Elizabeth Sheehy uses trial transcripts and a case study approach to tell the stories of eleven women, ten of whom killed their partners. She looks at the barriers women face to "just leaving," the various ways in which self-defence was argued in these cases, and which form of expert testimony was used to frame women's experience of battering. Drawing upon a rich expanse of research from many disciplines, she highlights the limitations of the law of self-defence and the costs to women undergoing a murder trial. In a final chapter, she proposes numerous reforms. In Canada, a woman is killed every six days by her male partner, and about twelve women per year kill their male partners. By illuminating the cases of eleven women, this book highlights the barriers to leaving violent men and the practical and legal dilemmas that face battered women on trial for murder.
Language Note
In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Language
English
ISBN
9780774826532
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