For too long, Anglo-American law treated a man's physical abuse of his wife as different from any other assault, and, indeed, as an acceptable practice (see, Bacon, Baron and Feme, p 9 [2d ed, 1719]; 1 Blackstone's Comm [7th ed, 1775], pp 444-445); In re Cochrane, 8 Dowl Rep 630, 633-634 [1840]; People v Winters, 2 Parker Cr Rep 10 [1823]). If the allegations...
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