Justifiable Homicide: Battered Women, Self-Defense and the Law"This is a study to set women's blood boiling. Seattle attorney Gillespie details how unjust the judiciary is to battered women who kill their tormentors. She shows that the law of self defense is adjudged by many courts not to apply to battered women. . . . Gillespie presents recommendations that should be read by all lawyers and judges." Publishers Weekly "Gillespie offers a compelling view about women who respond violently to abuse and about the