Announcing a New Domestic Violence Law School Casebook!
A new casebook on domestic violence law, Domestic Violence Law: Legal and Social Reality, by Professor D. Kelly Weisberg, Hastings College of the Law, will be published by Aspen Publishers in January 2012. The book will be available for adoption for the Spring 2012 semester.
Professor Weisberg is the author of two other leading casebooks: Modern Family Law: Cases and Materials (co-authored with Susan F. Appleton) (Aspen Pub., 4th ed., 2010) and Child, Family and State: Problems and Materials on Children and the Law (co-authored with Robert H. Mnookin) (Aspen Pub., 6th ed., 2009).
A description of the main features of the book is set forth below. (To view the Table of Contents, see the attachment.) Professors may order a complimentary copy of the book (or the pdf files) by sending an email request to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Other interested persons may purchase the book by contacting Aspen Customer Care, either by email: [log in to unmask], or by phone: 800-234-1660.
Casebook Series
Publication Date: Jan. 2012 ISBN 10: 0735508631
ISBN 13: 9780735508637
Domestic Violence: Legal and Social Reality
by D. Kelly Weisberg, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Overview: A Domestic Violence casebook featuring cases, statutes, notes, interdisciplinary materials, narratives, problems, and a particular sensitivity to the victim's perspective as well as issues of race, ethnicity, social class, and sexual orientation
Main Features
§ Reflects the social reality of intimate partner violence through human-interest narratives that complement the cases
§ Integrates interdisciplinary perspectives, including excerpts, notes, and questions emanating from history, literature, psychology, sociology, social work, criminology, and medicine
§ Blends analyses of current social science research to enhance student understanding
§ Focuses on cutting-edge areas of law and often-ignored issues
§ Covers the full range of types of abuse
§ Presents a variety of problem exercises derived from actual cases and current events
§ Easily adapts to shorter or longer courses
Specifics
Trim: 7 3/8 x 10
Format: casebound
Length: approximately 800 pages
TM: approximately 450 pages
Summary of Contents
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. Social and Historical Perspective: Evolution of the Right of Privacy
Chapter 2. Characteristics of Domestic Violence
Chapter 3. Influential Factors
Chapter 4. Specific Types of Abuse
PART II. CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSE
Chapter 5. Law Enforcement Response
Chapter 6. Domestic Violence as a Crime: State Legislative Response
Chapter 7. Judicial Response
Chapter 8. Federal Criminal Response
PART III. CIVIL LAW RESPONSE
Chapter 9. Protection Orders
Chapter 10. Tort Remedies
Chapter 11. Family Law: Marriage and Divorce
Chapter 12. Family Law: Child Custody
Chapter 13. Discrimination Against Victims
PART IV. LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 14. Legal Services
Chapter 15. Social Services
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