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