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The Nexus of Sex, Spousal Violence, and the State

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Jo Dixon
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Law & Society Review , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 359 - 376
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Copyright © 1995 by The Law and Society Association

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Footnotes

I would like to thank Nancy Cauthen, Kathleen Dunleavy, Shoshanna Garfield, Kathleen Gerson, Robert Jackson, Louise Roth, Robin Tamarelli, Vanessa Barker and students in the gender, politics and law class at New York University for their helpful comments. I would also like to thank Bette Sikes for her careful editorial assistance.

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