Law is the answer-do we know that for sure: Questioning the efficacy of legal interventions for battered women

L Goodmark - . Louis U. Pub. L. Rev., 2004 - HeinOnline
LAW IS THE ANSWER? DO WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE?: QUESTIONING THE EFFICACY
OF LEGAL INTERVENTIONS FOR BATTERED WOMEN Page 1 LAW IS THE ANSWER? DO …

Domestic violence, child custody, and child protection: Understanding judicial resistance and imagining the solutions

JS Meier - Am. UJ Gender Soc. Pol'y & L., 2002 - HeinOnline
In much of Liz Schneider's work, she provides a powerful critique of our culture's patriarchal
legal and social responses to women as mothers. Noting that" motherhood is critical to …

Protecting children from exposure to domestic violence: The use and abuse of child maltreatment statutes

LA Weithorn - Hastings LJ, 2001 - HeinOnline
On March 7, 1997,... Theodore Johnson violently attacked his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Parker
as she walked home from the supermarket with her three daughters.[He] approached Parker …

Yes, no, and maybe: Informed decision making about divorce mediation in the presence of domestic violence

N Ver Steegh - Wm. & Mary J. Women & L., 2002 - HeinOnline
All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own
way.'Divorce mediation in the context of domestic violence is one of the most controversial …

The desert of the unreal: Inequality in virtual and augmented reality

MA Franks - UCDL Rev., 2017 - HeinOnline
In October 2016, a female gamer who uses the pseudonym Jordan Belamire wrote an article
about her first experience playing the virtual reality game QuiVR. 1 In her account, Belamire …

Client-directed lawyers for children: It is the right thing to do

LD Elrod - Pace L. Rev., 2006 - HeinOnline
Calls for independent lawyers to make children's voices heard in custody and child
protection proceedings began decades ago. 2 Even though the call for children's lawyers …

Legal and ethical issue confronting guardian ad litem practice

MM Boumil, CF Freitas, DF Freitas - JL & Fam. Stud., 2011 - HeinOnline
Courts appoint guardians ad litem (GALs) to protect the interests of the courts' most
vulnerable populations. This widespread utilization of GAL appointments results in GALs …

Telling Stories, Saving Lives: The Battered Mothers' Testimony Project, Women's Naratives, and Court Reform

L Goodmark - Ariz. St. LJ, 2005 - HeinOnline
This human rights report documents and analyzes instances in which the Massachusetts
family courts are violating internationally accepted human rights laws and standards. The …

Embodying vulnerability: a feminist theory of the person

SM Matambanadzo - Duke J. Gender L. & Pol'y, 2012 - HeinOnline
Law is the social, economic, political and personal struggle that determines who counts as a
member of the community. This struggle also determines how we should take account of the …

Statutes creating rebuttable presumptions against custody to batterers: How effective are they

NKD Lemon - Wm. Mitchell L. Rev., 2001 - HeinOnline
" Any time you go through a process of major social change, you have four stages of
response. The first is anger; the second is retribution; the third is grudging acceptance. In the …