Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America
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.
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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780807842256 (0807842257)
Publish date: October 11th 1985
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Pages no: 436
Edition language: English