TY  - SER
AU  - Wallach, Sacha
TI  - A defence for the battered woman? Assessing the adequacy of legal defences available to battered women who kill
SN  - 187713354X
SN  - 0112-4099
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Dunedin
PB  - Women's Studies Association New Zealand
KW  - FVC
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - LEGISLATION
KW  - SELF DEFENCE
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Published in associaton with the Otago University Press; Women's Studies Journal 14(1) 1998 : 131-143; nz
N2  - This paper discusses the adequacy of the two legal defences of provocation and self-defence that are currently available to battered women who kill their abusers. It examines the question of why we have defences to murder, and looks at the principles underlying provocation and self-defence. A critical analysis of the use of battered woman syndrome in redefining existing defences is explored. The question of where the law should progress and whether defence law should undergo change is also considered
ER  -