The author argues for the repeal of mandatory minimum sentences based upon their role in the distortion of defences available to battered women on trial for the homicide of their violent mates. After reviewing other legal strategies aimed at eliminating the discriminatory biases facing women who attempt to plead self-defence, and illustrating the ways in which defences to murder are distorted, she turns to the examination of the transcript of a recent murder trial for a woman who argued self-defence. The author uses the transcript to provide concrete illustrations of three ways in which self-defence is distorted by the mandatory life sentence for murder. She considers prosecutorial guidelines as another possible legal strategy, but conclude...
This article makes a contribution to current debates about gender and punishment by providing an his...
My thesis examines the treatment of women who kill their violent male partners within the Australian...
This paper considers two possible alterations to the current use of Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) as...
The author argues for the repeal of mandatory minimum sentences based upon their role in the distort...
For battered women who are forced to kill their attackers, unequal treatment by the law and gendered...
In an article published in French in 1997, the author offered reflections on feminism and criminal l...
The recent rise of controversial Stand Your Ground laws has sparked discussions on self-defense law....
Should the South African courts abolish the traditional imminence standard, something must be used t...
Battered women who kill their abuser and the problem they create in regards to access to justice has...
This Comment illustrates how the current American approach of limiting battered women who preemptive...
This comment uses the plight of Brenda Denise Aris to illustrate the criminal defenses available to ...
Recent amendments to the defence of provocation have limited access to the defence to those who are ...
Legal scholars have been grappling with how to handle legal cases concerning battered women since th...
In August of 1989, Donald Michael Doyle murdered his wife of fifteen years by firing three shots int...
The major currents driving legal theory have largely bypassed the field of criminal law. Neither the...
This article makes a contribution to current debates about gender and punishment by providing an his...
My thesis examines the treatment of women who kill their violent male partners within the Australian...
This paper considers two possible alterations to the current use of Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) as...
The author argues for the repeal of mandatory minimum sentences based upon their role in the distort...
For battered women who are forced to kill their attackers, unequal treatment by the law and gendered...
In an article published in French in 1997, the author offered reflections on feminism and criminal l...
The recent rise of controversial Stand Your Ground laws has sparked discussions on self-defense law....
Should the South African courts abolish the traditional imminence standard, something must be used t...
Battered women who kill their abuser and the problem they create in regards to access to justice has...
This Comment illustrates how the current American approach of limiting battered women who preemptive...
This comment uses the plight of Brenda Denise Aris to illustrate the criminal defenses available to ...
Recent amendments to the defence of provocation have limited access to the defence to those who are ...
Legal scholars have been grappling with how to handle legal cases concerning battered women since th...
In August of 1989, Donald Michael Doyle murdered his wife of fifteen years by firing three shots int...
The major currents driving legal theory have largely bypassed the field of criminal law. Neither the...
This article makes a contribution to current debates about gender and punishment by providing an his...
My thesis examines the treatment of women who kill their violent male partners within the Australian...
This paper considers two possible alterations to the current use of Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) as...