Women Before the Court: Law and Patriarchy in the Anglo-American World, 1600-1800

by Lindsay Moore

Book Overview

This book offers an innovative, comparative approach to the study of women's legal rights during a formative period of Anglo-American history. It traces how colonists transplanted English legal institutions to America, examines the remarkable depth of women's legal knowledge and shows how the law increasingly undermined patriarchal relationships between parents and children, masters and servants, husbands and wives. The book will be of interest to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526136333
• ISBN13: 9781526136336
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"