Marriage mimicry: the law of domestic violence.

From: William and Mary Law Review | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Colker, Ruth | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

In this Article, Professor Colker argues that the legal system does not simply privilege those in marital relationships but has now begun to privilege those in "marriage-like" relationships through what she terms a marriage-mimicry model. She uses the law of domestic violence to critique this model. She traces the haphazard development of the law of domestic violence and argues that it has served to underprotect many of the victims of domestic violence because l...

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