Women, Male Violence and the Law Edited by Julie Stubbs

Is there currently effective State response to domestic violence? Has the feminist struggle of the last decade made the law more responsive to women's needs and interests? Can this struggle succeed? And for which women? In what situations? What are the possibilities and limits of the law in the context of domestic violence?

These issues are addressed by expert lawyers, social scientists, educators and policy makers.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Julie Stubbs

Violence against Women: A global issue

Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin

An analysis of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Program

Ruth Busch and Neville Robertson

Aboriginal Women and Domestic Violence in New South Wales

Pam Greer

Lawyering and Domestic Violence

Nan Seuffert

An Analysis of New Zealand Judges' Attitudes towards Domestic Violence

Ruth Busch

Swimming against the Tide: Keeping violent men out of mediation

Hilary Astor

Battered Woman Sydrome: Development in Canadian law after R v Lavallee

Elizabeth Sheehy

Battered Woman Syndrome in Australia

Julie Stubbs and Julia Tolmie

Appendices

The UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women

The Power and Control Wheel

Table of Cases/ Table of Statutes/ References/ Index