Family Law in Early Women's Rights Debates : : Western Europe and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / / Stephan Meder, Christoph-Eric Mecke.

• HerausgeberIn: Mecke, Christoph-Eric,; Meder, Stephan,
• Place / Publishing House: Köln : : Böhlau Verlag, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Rechtsgeschichte und Geschlechterforschung ; Band 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Der englischsprachige Sammelband enthält Beiträge international bekannter und ausgewiesener Historiker, Soziologen und Rechtswissenschaftler. Die Beiträge thematisieren die in der bisherigen Gender-Forschung nur in Teilaspekten untersuchte Stellung der Frau im Familienrecht des 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts in Belgien, Frankreich, Italien, den skandinavischen Ländern, England und den USA sowie zeitgenössische Reformforderungen von Frauenrechtlerinnen. Zudem geht es um die in den Frauenrechtsdebatten des 19. Jahrhunderts umstrittene Frage nach der Stellung der Frau im antiken römischen Recht.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: Family Law in Early Women’s Rights Debates -- 2. Women’s Movements and Law. Legal, Historical and Sociological Aspects of Research in International Comparison -- 3. National or International? How and Why the Napoleonic Code Drove Married Women’s Legal Rights onto the Agenda of the International Council of Women and the League of Nations: An Overview -- Discussion with Ute Gerhard and Karen Offen -- 4. “Unjust and Unequal” or “Natural” and “Just”: The International Council of Women and Women’s Legal Position, 1888–1920 -- 5. Unwed Mothers and Family Law in nineteenth-century France: the issues of paternity suits and anonymous delivery -- Discussion with Nadine Lefaucheur -- 6. The reform of marital status: A challenge for the Belgian women’s movement from 1880 until 1940 -- 7. The Passing of the Civil Code in Italy in 1865 and Anna Maria Mozzoni’s Criticism of the Traditional Family Concept -- 8. Family Law Reform and the Women’s Movement in England and Wales, 1830–1914 -- 9. Equal Rights for Mothers. Custody Law Reform and the Equal Rights Movement in the USA, 1848–1930 -- 10. A Human Institution: Ernestine Rose and the Campaign for Divorce Law Reform -- Discussion with Bonnie S. Anderson and Marion Röwekamp -- 11. Gender Equality and the Welfare state. Debates on Marriage Law Reform in Sweden at the Beginning of the 20th Century -- 12. The pioneer role of the Scandinavian countries in family law reform: a comparative perspective -- Discussion with Christina Carlsson Wetterberg and Harry Willekens -- 13. Custom and Reason: Gender Equality and Difference in Classical Roman Law -- Discussion with Okko Behrends -- Bibliography -- List of Authors and Discussion Participants -- Backmatter