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6 Women's Rts. L. Rep. 241 (1979-1980)
Equitable Relief in Cases of Adult Domestic Violence

handle is hein.journals/worts6 and id is 303 raw text is: Equitable Relief in Cases of Adult Domestic Violence NADINE TAUB* CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ......................... II. O VERVIEW ............................ A. Equitable Relief Against Torts General B. Restraints Against Personal Torts .... C. Matrimonial Proceedings ........... III. ELEMENTS ............................ A. Anticipated Harm ................. B. Inadequacy of Legal Remedies ...... C. Balancing the Equities ............. D . Public Interest ................... E . Practicability ..................... IV. CONCLUSION .......................... I. INTRODUCTION The problem of violence between cohabiting adults has attracted a great deal of attention in PAGE 241 243 243 243 246 248 248 252 256 260 263 270 recent years.' The lack of institutional response as well as the extent of the phenomenon have prompted concern. Discussions of legal remedies have emphasized the failure of police and the * Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School- 1. See, e.g., R. GELLES, THE VIOLENT HOME (1974); D. Newark. B.A. 1964, Swarthmore College; LL.B. 1968, Yale MARTIN, BATTERED WIVES (1976) [hereinafter cited as MAR- Law School; Diploma in Graduate Legal Studies 1973, TIN]; S. STEINMETZ & M. STRAUS, VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY Stockholm University. Attorney for plaintiff, Tomkins v. (1974); M. STRAUS, R. GELLES & S. STEINMETZ, BEHIND Public Serv. Elec. & Gas. Co. This article is based on a CLOSED DOORS; VIOLENCE IN THE AMERICAN HOME (1980); paper prepared while the author and Ann Marie Boylan Domestic Violence and Legislation with Respect to Domestic were fellows of the Research Institute of the Legal Services Violence: Hearings on S. 1728 Befbre the Subcomm. on Corporation. A copy of the entire publication resulting from Child and Human Development of the Senate Comm. on that fellowship, Adult Domestic Violence: Constitutional, Human Resources, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. (1978); CONSULTA- Legislative and Equitable Issues, is available from the Legal TION OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, BATTERED Services Corporation. WOMEN: ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY (1978); Note, Spouse [Women's Rights Law Reporter, Volume 6, Number 4, Summer 1980] Q 1981 by Women's Rights Law Reporter, Rutgers-The State University 0085-8269/81/1117-241 $6.00 ......................°°........ ....°..........°............... ..°°°......°..........°.... . . . . . . °.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .° . .. .................°°.°°..°.... . . °.. . . . . . . . . . . . .° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........°......°°°......... ...................°.°°.... ............°.................. ....°.....°.........°°.......

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