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.

Published by the Institute of Criminology, Sydney

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction - Julie Stubbs
CHAPTER 2: Violence against Women: A global issue - Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin
CHAPTER 3: An analysis of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Program - Ruth Busch and Neville Robertson
CHAPTER 4: Aboriginal Women and Domestic Violence in New South Wales - Pam Greer
CHAPTER 5: Lawyering and Domestic Violence - Nan Seuffert
CHAPTER 6: An Analysis of New Zealand Judges' Attitudes towards Domestic Violence - Ruth Busch
CHAPTER 7: Swimming against the Tide: Keeping violent men out of mediation - Hilary Astor
CHAPTER 8: Battered Woman Sydrome: Development in Canadian law after R v Lavallee - Elizabeth Sheehy
CHAPTER 9: Battered Woman Syndrome in Australia - Julie Stubbs and Julia Tolmie

APPENDIX 1: The UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
APPENDIX 2: The Power and Control Wheel

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
References
Index