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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457145603321

Autore

Suk Jeannie

Titolo

At home in the law [[electronic resource] ] : how the domestic violence revolution is transforming privacy / / Jeannie Suk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-35265-2

9786612352652

0-300-15635-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

808.222

Soggetti

Abused women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Family violence - Law and legislation - United States

Feminist jurisprudence - United States

Privacy, Right of - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Home Crime -- 2. Criminal Law Comes Home -- 3. Scenes of Self-Defense -- 4. Taking the Home -- 5. Is Privacy a Woman? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the past forty years, the idea of home, which is central to how the law conceives of crime, punishment, and privacy, has changed radically. Legal scholar Jeannie Suk shows how the legitimate goal of legal feminists to protect women from domestic abuse has led to a new and unexpected set of legal practices.Suk examines case studies of major legal developments in contemporary American law pertaining to domestic violence, self-defense, privacy, sexual autonomy, and property in order to illuminate the changing relation between home and the law. She argues that the growing legal vision that has led to the breakdown of traditional boundaries between public and private space is resulting in a substantial reduction of autonomy and privacy for both women and men.