Culture and Family Violence: Fostering Change Through Human Rights Law

by Levesque, Roger J. R.

• ISBN13: 9781557986825
• ISBN10: 1557986827
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Describes the policies meant to protect families by failing to protect individuals within those families. Examines the violence linked to families, such as child exploitation, adolescent relationship violence, elder neglect and abuse, and physical and emotional spousal abuse. For psychologists and family law attorneys.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: Family Violence and Human Rights	3	(20)
Traditions and Innovations in Human Rights Law	23	(14)
Part I: Culture's Role in Family Violence	37	(56)
Family Violence and Cultural Life	39	(28)
Culturally Rooted Challenges to Law Reform	67	(26)
Part II: Human Rights Responses to Cultural Life and Family Violence	93	(68)
Why Cultural Life Matters to Human Rights Law	95	(30)
Reaching Family Violence Through Human Rights Law	125	(36)
Part III: Human Rights Law, Culture, and Family Violence in the United States	161	(90)
Human Rights Law and U.S. Law	163	(34)
Cultural Life, Family Violence, and U.S. Law	197	(36)
Reconceptualizing Family Violence, Culture, and U.S. Law	233	(18)
Table of Authorities	251	(8)
Author Index	259	(6)
Subject Index	265	(12)
About the Author	277