British Columbia inherited a legal system that granted married men control over most family property and imposed few obligations on them toward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward, lawmakers throughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators on the Pacific Coast, began to grant women and children new rights. Domestic Reforms deftly analyzes the impact of the legislation, with emphasis on the ambitions of regulated populations, the influence of the judiciary, and the social and fiscal concerns of generations of legislators and bureaucrats.
| ISBN: | 9780774813518 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2008 |
| Author: | Chris Clarkson |
| Publisher: | UBCPress an imprint of University of British Columbia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Family law |
British Columbia inherited a legal system that granted married men control over most family property and imposed few obligations on them toward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward, lawmakers throughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators on the Pacific Coast, began to grant women and children new rights.
Domestic Reforms features in the following genres: Family law
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Domestic Reforms was written by Chris Clarkson and published by UBCPress an imprint of University of British Columbia Press
Domestic Reforms has 304 pages
Yes it is part of Law and Society series