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100 1 0 _aGerhard, Ute
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700 1 0 _a Meunier, Valentine
_eauthor
700 1 0 _a Rundell, Ethan
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245 0 0 _aWomen’s Rights in Civil Law in Europe (nineteenth century)
260 _c2016.
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520 _aThe French Civil Code of 1804 was the first bourgeois law book based on principles of liberty, equality and security of personal property. Thanks to its systematic structure and clear language, it served as the model for law-making in modern times. Compared to other European codification and the customary law of its time with regard to women’s rights, however, the Napoleonic code, was characterized by rigid regulations reinforcing male dominance. In comparative study the author analyses specific issues in marriage and family law that profoundly influenced the daily lives and agency of women as well as the women’s movement. The question arises why French women, who, earlier than others proved themselves an avant-garde in the fight for women’s human rights, fell behind in Europe where only relatively late (first in 1944) did they achieve recognition as full citizens.
690 _apaternity suit
690 _amarital power and parental authority
690 _aCivil Code
690 _agender equality
690 _adivorce
690 _aCommon Law
690 _afeminist movement
786 0 _nClio. Women, Gender, History | o 43 | 1 | 2016-06-15 | p. 250-273 | 1252-7017
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-clio-women-gender-history-2016-1-page-250?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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