Governing the Hearth - (Studies in Legal History) by Michael Grossberg (Paperback)
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- Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children.
- Author(s): Michael Grossberg
- 436 Pages
- Political Science, General
- Series Name: Studies in Legal History
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Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century AmericaBook Synopsis
Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women's and children's rights, and fixed more clearly the state's responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law -- antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody -- remained in effect well into the twentieth century.From the Back Cover
Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption and rights for illegitimate children.Dimensions (Overall): 9.01 Inches (H) x 5.94 Inches (W) x 1.13 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.39 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Studies in Legal History
Sub-Genre: General
Genre: Political Science
Number of Pages: 436
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Michael Grossberg
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 1988
TCIN: 1002700035
UPC: 9780807842256
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-1784
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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