Defending Battered Women on Trial: Lessons from the Transcripts by Elizabeth A. Sheehy

Defending Battered Women on Trial: Lessons from the Transcripts

Elizabeth A. Sheehy

416 pages first pub 2013 (view editions)

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 trials ...

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