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Constitutional context : women and rights discourse in nineteenth-century America / Kathleen S. Sullivan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, Kathleen S.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought.
- The Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitution--14th Amendment.
- United States.
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.
- Women.
- Women's rights--United States--History.
- Women's rights.
- Married women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.
- Married women.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A challenging and thoughtful study of what is commonly thought of as an era of progress, Constitutional Context provides the groundwork for a more comprehensive understanding and interpretation of constitutional law.
- Contents:
- Codification of the common law considered
- Abstracting rights
- The married women's property acts : death blow to coverture?
- The married women's property acts : collaborating for coverture
- The domesticity of the domestic relations
- Common law lost.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-178) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9673-8
- OCLC:
- 923194008
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