P/L/113. Dissertation. Is there a correlation between changes in legislation and changes in domestic violence patterns?

This dissertation investigates the correlation between changing social patterns of domestic violence and legislation changes in the UK. A review of literature on social change and the recognition of women as legal persons is offered. The methods of case law analysis and survey analysis are described and used to analyse the so-called ‘battered woman syndrome and ‘marital rape in criminal law, ‘property settlement, children residence and access and ‘civil remedies in family law, etc.