{"product_id":"married-women-and-the-law-coverture-in-england-and-the-common-law-world-paperback","title":"Married Women and the Law: Coverture in England and the Common Law World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Stretton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKrista Kesselring\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplaining 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 of women to men developed within marriage. In England and its colonies, generations of judges, legislators, and husbands invoked coverture to limit married women's rights and property, but there was no monolithic concept of coverture and their justifications shifted to fit changing times: Were husband and wife lord and subject? Master and servant? Guardian and ward? Or one person at law? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eMarried Women and the Law\u003c\/i\u003e offer new insights into the legal effects of marriage for women from medieval to modern times. Focusing on the years prior to the passage of the Divorce Acts and Married Women's Property Acts in the late nineteenth century, contributors examine a variety of jurisdictions in the common law world, from civil courts to ecclesiastical and criminal courts. By bringing together studies of several common law jurisdictions over a span of centuries, they show how similar legal rules persisted and developed in different environments. This volume reveals not only legal changes and the women who creatively used or subverted coverture, but also astonishing continuities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccessibly written and coherently presented, \u003ci\u003e Married Women and the Law \u003c\/i\u003eis an important look at the persistence of one of the longest lived ideas in British legal history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include Sara M. Butler (Loyola), Marisha Caswell (Queen's), Mary Beth Combs (Fordham), Angela Fernandez (Toronto), Margaret Hunt (Amherst), Kim Kippen (Toronto), Natasha Korda (Wesleyan), Lindsay Moore (Boston), Barbara J. Todd (Toronto), and Danaya C. Wright (Florida).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Stretton (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tim Stretton is professor of history at Saint Mary's University and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKrista J. Kesselring (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e K.J. Kesselring is professor of history at Dalhousie University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48164269228253,"sku":"9780773542976","price":69.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/3acSjEwelA9780773542976.webp?v=1783915705","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/married-women-and-the-law-coverture-in-england-and-the-common-law-world-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}