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• Title:Domestic violence law reform and women's experience in court : the implementation of feminist reforms in civil proceedings / Rosemary Hunter.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hunter, Rosemary C.
  
• Published/Created:Amherst, N.Y. : Cambria Press, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KU541 .H86 2008 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Domestic relations courts--Australia.
  Family violence--Law and legislation--Australia.
  Feminist jurisprudence--Australia.
  Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Australia.
  
• Description:xiv, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-330) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781604975758 (cloth)
  160497575X (cloth)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Introduction
  Incidence of Domestic Violence
  Feminist Law Reform
  Methodology
  Ch. 2. Feminism, Violence, and Law
  Feminist Understandings of Domestic Violence
  Nonfeminist Understandings of Domestic Violence
  Legal Structures and Processes
  Ch. 3. Intervention Order Process
  Legislation
  Observations
  Representation and Support
  Physical Facilities
  Brevity of Proceedings
  Ch. 4. Discourse of Intervention Orders
  Role of the Registrar
  Magistrates' Understandings of Domestic Violence
  Contested Matters
  Terms of Orders
  Ch. 5. Family Court Proceedings
  Procedure
  Files and Observations
  Going to Court
  Consent Orders
  Speaking in Court
  Ch. 6. Family Law, Legal Culture, and Domestic Violence
  Legislation and Case Law Relating to Domestic Violence
  Family Lawyers' Understandings of Domestic Violence
  Children's Representatives, Child Experts, and Family Reports
  Judicial Responses to Allegations of Violence
  Ch. 7. Jurisdictional Intersection: Intervention Orders in the Family Court and Children's Issues in the Magistrates' Court
  Legislation: Part VII, Division 11 of the Family Law Act
  Magistrates' Views of Family Law
  Intervention Orders in the Family Court
  Ch. 8. Conclusion
  Structural Factors
  Internal Legal Culture
  Moving Forward
  App. A. Court Observation Form
  App. B. Interview Schedule for Lawyers and Support Workers
  App. C. Interview Schedule for Women Litigants
  App. D. Demographic Data Questionnaire for Women Litigants
  App. E. Power and Control Wheel.