Everyday harm
Subtitle: domestic violence, court rites, and cultures of reconciliation
By: Mindie Lazarus-Black.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252031557; 9780252074080
Subjects: Family violence -- Law and legislation -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Domestic relations courts -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Dispute resolution (Law) -- Trinidad and Tobago.; Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- Trinidad and Tobago
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the vanishing complainant; title: Imagining and implementing domestic violence law; title: A look at the numbers; title: The meaning of success; title: Court rites; title: It's all in the timing: time and the legal process; title: Cultures of reconciliation; title: Conclusion: how law works.