Nadia Verrelli is an associate professor of political science at Laurentian University. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and editor of The Role of the Policy Advisor: An Inside Look, Canada: The State of the Federation, 2011 – The Changing Federal Environment: Rebalancing Roles? and The Democratic Dilemma: Reforming Canada's Supreme Court. Lori Chambers is a professor of gender and women's studies at Lakehead University. She is the author of Married Women and Property Law in Victorian Ontario and Misconceptions: Unmarried Motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921–1969, both winners of the Alison Prentice Award in Ontario women's history. She is also the author of A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015.

• Introduction1 Understanding Domestic Abuse and Femicide2 Nicole Doucet, Her Story, and Her Trial3 Decisions of the Courts4 Policing the Police?5 Trial by MediaConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

I highly recommend this well-written, well-referenced, and accessible book as a must-read for the legal profession. No Legal Way Out should be part of the curriculum for law, women's studies, sociology, and other academic programs that deal with domestic abuse. - Bobbie A. Walker, Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (Canadian Law Library Review)

Nadia Verrelli is an associate professor of political science at Laurentian University. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and editor of The Role of the Policy Advisor: An Inside Look, Canada: The State of the Federation, 2011 – The Changing Federal Environment: Rebalancing Roles? and The Democratic Dilemma: Reforming Canada's Supreme Court. Lori Chambers is a professor of gender and women's studies at Lakehead University. She is the author of Married Women and Property Law in Victorian Ontario and Misconceptions: Unmarried Motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921–1969, both winners of the Alison Prentice Award in Ontario women's history. She is also the author of A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015.

• Introduction1 Understanding Domestic Abuse and Femicide2 Nicole Doucet, Her Story, and Her Trial3 Decisions of the Courts4 Policing the Police?5 Trial by MediaConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

I highly recommend this well-written, well-referenced, and accessible book as a must-read for the legal profession. No Legal Way Out should be part of the curriculum for law, women's studies, sociology, and other academic programs that deal with domestic abuse. - Bobbie A. Walker, Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (Canadian Law Library Review)

Nadia Verrelli is an associate professor of political science at Laurentian University. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and editor of The Role of the Policy Advisor: An Inside Look, Canada: The State of the Federation, 2011 – The Changing Federal Environment: Rebalancing Roles? and The Democratic Dilemma: Reforming Canada's Supreme Court. Lori Chambers is a professor of gender and women's studies at Lakehead University. She is the author of Married Women and Property Law in Victorian Ontario and Misconceptions: Unmarried Motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921–1969, both winners of the Alison Prentice Award in Ontario women's history. She is also the author of A Legal History of Adoption in Ontario, 1921–2015.

• Introduction1 Understanding Domestic Abuse and Femicide2 Nicole Doucet, Her Story, and Her Trial3 Decisions of the Courts4 Policing the Police?5 Trial by MediaConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

I highly recommend this well-written, well-referenced, and accessible book as a must-read for the legal profession. No Legal Way Out should be part of the curriculum for law, women's studies, sociology, and other academic programs that deal with domestic abuse. - Bobbie A. Walker, Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (Canadian Law Library Review)