(3 units). Analysis of the legal and societal context involved in trials of women accused of murder. Topics covered include the constraints upon Crown attorneys and defence lawyers, wife battering and femicide in Canada, the construction of both a prosecution and a defence, expert witnesses, the defences available to battered women, the specific barriers confronted by Aboriginal women, and possible legal and other reforms. Course Component: Seminar
(3 units). Analysis of the legal and societal context involved in trials of women accused of murder. Topics covered include the constraints upon Crown attorneys and defence lawyers, wife battering and femicide in Canada, the construction of both a prosecution and a defence, expert witnesses, the defences available to battered women, the specific barriers confronted by Aboriginal women, and possible legal and other reforms. Course Component: Seminar
