Governing the Hearth
Subtitle: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America (Studies in Legal History)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: August 1, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780807842256
Subjects: Family law; Politics - Current Events; Domestic Relations Law; History; Politics / Current Events; History: American; USA; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; General; History / United States / 20th Century; legal history; family; women's rights; children's rights; law; Domestic relations; United States - 19th Century; United States
First sentence: The "foundation of national morality must be laid in private families," declared Revolutionary lawyer and future president John Adams in 1778.