About the book
Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women’s and children’s rights, and fixed more clearly the state’s responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law — antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody — remained in effect well into the twentieth century.
Editions of Governing the Hearth
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807816462
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807842256
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807863367
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890865892
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Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women’s and children’s rights, and fixed more clearly the state’s responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law — antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody — remained in effect well into the twentieth century.
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What is Governing the Hearth about?
Presenting a new framework for understanding the complex but vital relationship between legal history and the family, Michael Grossberg analyzes the formation of legal policies on such issues as common law marriage, adoption, and rights for illegitimate children. He shows how legal changes diminished male authority, increased women’s and children’s rights, and fixed more clearly the state’s responsibilities in family affairs. Grossberg further illustrates why many basic principles of this distinctive and powerful new body of law — antiabortion and maternal biases in child custody — remained in effect well into the twentieth century.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Governing the Hearth?
Law > Jurisprudence and general issues > Legal history
Where can I read a sample of Governing the Hearth?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780807816462
How long is Governing the Hearth and how many pages does it have?
Governing the Hearth has 436 page(s)
Is Governing the Hearth part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Studies in Legal History
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Governing the Hearth?
Michael Grossberg
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Governing the Hearth is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807816462) and paperback(ISBN 9780807842256) and ebook(ISBN 9780807863367) and pdf(ISBN 9798890865892)
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