Domestic Violence Laws: Empowerment or Oppression?

Name Instructor Course Date Relationship between Law and Violence Adherence to the set law enhances peaceful existence among people. However, to some extent, some lawmakers take advantage of their powers and use the law to cause violence among the target audiences. Based on Lazarus-Black (971), "re-gendering" is among some influential laws in Trinidad that defined violence among women. What is re-gendering? According to Lazarus-Black (976), the term represents a process that introduces categories and activities formerly without names to public and legal attention. Experiences of re-gendering in Trinidad defined inequalities and oppression against women whereby this law denied women their rights, limiting them from engaging in actions that remained a