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008			110331s2002 eng
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040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aSeuffert, Nan _92088
245			_aDomestic violence, discourses of romantic love, and complex personhood in the law _cSeuffert, Nan
260			_aLondon _bCavendish _c2002
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520			_aThis chapter examines prevailing legal discourses in the context of women who have killed men after having been subjected to domestic violence for long periods of time. It looks at selected dominant discourses of romantic love and argues that the courtroom statements by abused women that they love or loved their abusers are constrained within the common law's narrow recognition of relationships as functions of property. The prevailing themes of ownership and romantic love, constructed through popular culture and other discourses, are said to inform common law courts and serve to facilitate abusive relationships.
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650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_2FVC _aHOMICIDE _9297
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMEN _9375
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
500			_aIn M. Thornton (Ed.) Romancing the tomes : popular culture, law and feminism : 87-111
773	0		_tIn M. Thornton (Ed.) Romancing the tomes : popular culture, law and feminism : 87-111
856	4		_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10289/549
942			_2ddc _cBRIEFING
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