Married Women and the Law: Coverture in England and the Common Law World by Tim Stretton, Krista J. Kesselring

Married Women and the Law: Coverture in England and the Common Law World

Tim Stretton, Krista J. Kesselring

282 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Explaining the curious legal doctrine of "coverture," William Blackstone famously declared that "by marriage, husband and wife are one person at law." This "covering" of a wife's legal identity by her husband meant that the greatest subordination ...

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