R v Lavallee
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r-v-lavallee-178-14403351
title:
R v Lavallee
text:
R v Lavallee, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 852 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada case on the legal recognition of battered woman syndrome. The judgment, written by Justice Bertha Wilson, is generally considered one of her most famous. The court held in favour of allowing battered woman syndrome to explain how the mental conditions for self-defence were present in this case, and Lavallee's acquittal was restored.
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Lavallee
date created:
2006-01-13T05:57:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T19:25:55Z
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