The supplement includes updates of cases included in the 2005 edition. Chen v. Fischer, which discusses whether tort suits can be joined with divorces was overruled; the supplement includes the new case. Similarly People v. Garcia, a Ca. marital rape case, was addressed through new legislation. Two important new cases regarding evidence are included, Davis v. Washington (U.S. 2006), and People v. Giles (Cal, 2007) (cert. granted 1/08). A firearms case going to the Supreme Court in spring 2008, U.S. v. Edward Hayes (4th Cir. 2007), is also included. The supplement also contains the Executive Summary from: Keeping the Promise: Victim Safety and Batterer Accountability: Report to the California Attorney General (June 2005), and a summary of Paul Seave's Disarming Batterers Through Restraining Orders: The Promise and the Reality in California.