Against the Peace and Dignity of the State: Spousal Violence and Spousal Privilege Academic Article

abstract

• Every indictment in Texas ends with the phrase, "[a]gainst the peace and dignity of the State." This phrase is in recognition of the fact that crimes are not purely personal matters between a defendant and a victim, but are offenses against society as a whole. By enacting changes to its spousal privilege statute, Texas has an opportunity to demonstrate that domestic violence offends the peace and dignity of the state.

authors

• Seymore, Malinda

published proceedings

• Texas Wesleyan Law Review

author list (cited authors)

• Seymore, M. L

complete list of authors

• Seymore, Malinda L

publication date

• October 1995

publisher

• Texas Wesleyan University School of Law  Publisher

published in

• Texas Wesleyan Law Review  Journal

keywords

• Law

URI

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/295

start page

• 239

end page

• 278

volume

• 2

issue

• 2

URL

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/295/