Hers, His, and Theirs Community Property Law in Spain and Early Texas |
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| Author:
| Stuntz, Jean A. |
| Foreword by:
| Crimm, Caroline |
| Preface by:
| Bakken, Gordon Morris |
| Series title: | American Liberty and Justice Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89672-717-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | Texas Tech University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Through court cases and legal documents, Hers, His, and Theirs explores the evolution of Castilian law during the Spanish Reconquest and how those laws came to the New World and Texas. Looking carefully at why the Spanish legal system developed so differently from any other European system and why it survived in Texas even after settlement by Anglos in the 1830s, Jean A. Stuntz discusses what this system of community property offered that English common law did not, and why this aspect...
More DescriptionThrough court cases and legal documents, Hers, His, and Theirs explores the evolution of Castilian law during the Spanish Reconquest and how those laws came to the New World and Texas. Looking carefully at why the Spanish legal system developed so differently from any other European system and why it survived in Texas even after settlement by Anglos in the 1830s, Jean A. Stuntz discusses what this system of community property offered that English common law did not, and why this aspect of married women?s property rights has not been well studied.