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OverviewAn RCMP sting caught Nicole Doucet (Ryan) trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband. It was supposed to be an open-and-shut case. It wasn’t. No Legal Way Out details the judicial process, media coverage, and legal implications of R v Ryan. Appealed up to the Supreme Court of Canada, Doucet’s initial acquittal – on the basis of duress in the context of abuse – was overturned, but a stay of proceedings meant that she could not be tried again. The court castigated the RCMP for not protecting her, prompting a one-sided investigation that ultimately exonerated the force and garnered substantial critical media attention for Doucet. R v Ryan limited the legal options for women seeking to escape abuse and had a profoundly negative impact on public perceptions of domestic violence. This unabashedly feminist analysis explains why the court, the police, and the media let down all women trapped by intimate partner terrorism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nadia Verrelli , Lori ChambersPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9780774838085ISBN 10: 0774838086 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 18 August 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Understanding Domestic Abuse and Femicide 2 Nicole Doucet, Her Story, and Her Trial 3 Decisions of the Courts 4 Policing the Police? 5 Trial by Media Conclusion Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; IndexReviewsVerrelli and Chambers provide readers with a marvelously compelling version of a case with great public importance. This is an important and impressive work. -- Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa The R v Ryan case is extremely novel in legal terms, at all levels of court, and the paucity of study about it makes No Legal Way Out particularly important. -- Elizabeth A. Sheehy, University of Ottawa Verrelli and Chambers provide readers with a marvelously compelling version of a case with great public importance. This is an important and impressive work. --Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa The R v Ryan case is extremely novel in legal terms, at all levels of court, and the paucity of study about it makes No Legal Way Out particularly important. --Elizabeth A. Sheehy, University of Ottawa Author InformationNadia Verrelli is an associate professor of political science at Laurentian University. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and editor of The Role of the Policy Advisor: An Inside Look, Canada: The State of the Federation, 2011 – The Changing Federal Environment: Rebalancing Roles? and The Democratic Dilemma: Reforming Canada’s Supreme Court. Lori Chambers is a professor of gender and women’s studies at Lakehead University. She is the author of Married Women and Property Law in Victorian Ontario and Misconceptions: Unmarried Motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921–1969, both winners of the Alison Prentice Award in Ontario women’s history. She is also the author of A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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