Women and family law
Subtitle: connecting the public and the private
By: Patricia McGee Crotty.
Series: Teaching texts in law and politics,; v. 2
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Domestic relations.; Women's rights.; Women -- Social conditions.
Description: This book explores a fascinating subject: the relationship between women's rights under family law and their overall status. Since it regulates marriage, inheritance, and reproduction, family law makes the personal political. This text examines changes in family law that occurred between 1980 and 1995 in sixty-four different nations. It illustrates how public policies that relate to everyday life affect women.

Because this text integrates gender politics and policy analysis, students in women's studies and in public policy courses will find it valuable.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.