Web resource:	http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AltLJ/1999/12.html
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Private violence, gendered justice
Other Titles:	Alternative law journal
Authors:	Barnes, Gail
Keywords:	Homicide
Year:	1999
Publisher:	Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd
Citation:	24 (2), April 1999
Notes:	Journal is supported by Faculty of Law, Monash University. Contrasts the cases of Heather Osland, David Albion and Said Morgan, arguing that while all involved retaliatory private violence of some kind, the actions of the defendant in the latter cases were viewed as reasonable by the court because they were those of a male provoked to defend his family while the actions of the former were irrational because they were those of a battered woman. Discusses some the ways in which the legal system stereotypes and discriminates against women who kill and suggests that gender constructions are indeed integral to understanding intimate homicide as an act of self defence.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16352
ISSN:	1037-969X
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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