HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Battered Person Syndrome, Angelina Napolitano, Fenian Brotherhood
2 Dec 2016
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Main argument of lecture: how the law applies definitions of self-defence through concepts of race, class, gender, and unwritten law. Evidence was based on a statement that lavallee gave her experiences. His expert opinion was based off of fact, because she said these things and were proven by hospital records and stuff. In the original trial, the judges instruction around the evidence. Examples: fenian brotherhood, the charter of rights and freedoms, battered. Women syndrome, unwritten law, due process, 14th amendment, lynching (legal and illegal), vigilante justice, domestic terrorism. Ideas of social constructions influencing law, interpretations and reinterpretations of the law, similarities and differences between the us and canada, change and continuity over time. Know why the terms are important: example, the lizzie borden case is important because she got off as a result of her position as a white, middle-class woman. Ideas of provocation and battered white syndrome were not fully developed.
