law and society scholarship, 10

law reform, 2, 6, 10, 16, 17n6, 35, 39, 263, 270

implementation problems, 6, 8–9, 19, 37, 107, 149, 259, 264

lawyers, 6, 29, 32, 43, 64, 71–72, 75, 78, 94–96, 168–170, 190, 223–224, 231, 248, 254, 264, 266, 272

advice about child contact, 204–205, 242n11

“affective” representation, 72–74

asking about violence, 74, 215–216, 236, 240–241n7

arbiters of violence, 171, 211–218

barristers/counsel, 11–12, 129, 133–134, 142, 146, 159–160, 171–172, 174, 177, 182–183, 186, 189–191, 193–194, 212, 217–218, 222, 228, 232, 254–255, 258–259, 266

children’s representatives, 158–159, 165–166, 180, 188–189, 195, 196n2, 218–220, 271

court support program, 65–69, 73–75, 86, 147

defense, 133–134, 144, 146, 149, 172, 254–255, 273

interviewees, 11–12

power relations with clients, 42, 64, 72–76, 184–185, 266, 271

preparing women for court, 172–173

pressuring clients to settle, 181–184

protecting and empowering women, 42, 67, 73–76, 92, 184, 196n5, 215, 218, 266, 271

lawyers (continued)

responses to stories of violence, 71–74, 216–218

settlement negotiations, 66–67, 75, 147, 156, 167–168, 176, 180, 182–185, 196n5, 212, 216–217, 236–237, 267, 271–272

solicitors, 11, 64–65, 70, 119–120, 146, 159–160, 172, 181–183, 187, 213–216, 255

speaking on behalf of clients, 42, 69–70, 92, 186–187, 266

training in domestic violence, 72–73, 212

understandings of domestic violence, 64, 71–72, 211–218, 267–268

legal aid

intervention orders, 63–64, 68, 146

family law, 160, 164–166, 176, 178, 192, 196n3, 210, 214, 221

legal categories, 8, 38–39, 41, 44, 73, 264–265

legal culture, 6, 42, 72, 107, 204

internal, 6–7, 32, 64, 71, 107, 237, 264, 267–270

legal doctrine, 5, 9–10, 35, 38–40, 54, 58, 183, 195, 197–212, 218, 241n9, 264–265, 267, 274

legal education, 72, 270–271

legal method, 43

legal process/procedure, 9, 39, 43, 73, 97, 125, 245, 264, 270, 272–273

rules of procedure, 40–42, 266

lesbians, 4–5, 24, 31, 273

intralesbian violence, 25

responses to violence, 27, 46n7