At home in the law : how the domestic violence revolution is transforming privacy / Jeannie Suk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suk, Jeannie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abused women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Abused women.

Family violence--Law and legislation--United States.

Family violence.

Feminist jurisprudence--United States.

Feminist jurisprudence.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the past forty years, the idea of home, which is central to how the law conceives of crime, punishment, and privacy, has changed radically. Legal scholar Jeannie Suk shows how the legitimate goal of legal feminists to protect women from domestic abuse has led to a new and unexpected set of legal practices.Suk examines case studies of major legal developments in contemporary American law pertaining to domestic violence, self-defense, privacy, sexual autonomy, and property in order to illuminate the changing relation between home and the law. She argues that the growing legal vision that has led to the breakdown of traditional boundaries between public and private space is resulting in a substantial reduction of autonomy and privacy for both women and men.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Home Crime

2. Criminal Law Comes Home

3. Scenes of Self-Defense

4. Taking the Home

5. Is Privacy a Woman?

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612352652

9781282352650

1282352652

9780300156355

0300156359

OCLC:

646861268