How would an accused / defence successfully argue non-pathological criminal incapacity or alternative defences, namely in the battered wife / partner syndrome?

Carstens, Pieter Albert, 1960-2013-09-072013-08-272013-09-072013-04-1820122013-08-20Van der Haer, AA 2012, How would an accused / defence successfully argue non-pathological criminal incapacity or alternative defences, namely in the battered wife / partner syndrome?, LLM dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27419 >F13/4/640/gmhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/27419Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2012.Please read the abstract in the dissertation© 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of PretoriaBattered wife syndromePartnersAbuseCrimeDomestic violenceRelationshipsSpousesUCTDHow would an accused / defence successfully argue non-pathological criminal incapacity or alternative defences, namely in the battered wife / partner syndrome?Dissertationhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08202013-161810/