Family Law in Early Women's Rights Debates : : Western Europe and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries /

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.

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 2...

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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.
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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

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