Book contents
- Law and the Relational Self
- The Law in Context Series
- Law and the Relational Self
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- 1 The Concept of the Relational Self
- 2 Law and the Vulnerable Self
- 3 Law and the Caring Self
- 4 Law and the Abused Self
- 5 Medical Law and the Relational Self
- 6 Family Law and the Relational Self
- 7 Criminal Law and the Relational Self
- 8 Concluding Thoughts
- Index
4 - Law and the Abused Self
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2019
- Law and the Relational Self
- The Law in Context Series
- Law and the Relational Self
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- 1 The Concept of the Relational Self
- 2 Law and the Vulnerable Self
- 3 Law and the Caring Self
- 4 Law and the Abused Self
- 5 Medical Law and the Relational Self
- 6 Family Law and the Relational Self
- 7 Criminal Law and the Relational Self
- 8 Concluding Thoughts
- Index
Summary
The chapter considers the issue of abuse within intimate relationships. It promotes the view that the core of intimate abuse (the terminology preferred in this chapter to domestic abuse) can be seen as involving coercive control between people in an intimate relationship in a way which promotes structural inequalities within soceity. It explores the consequences of this understanding of intimate abuse for the law.
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- Law and the Relational Self , pp. 74 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019