New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History

Taylor & Francis

New Perspectives on European Women's Legal HistoryAuthor(s): Sara L. Kimble, Marion Rwekamp\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138805545, 978-1138805545\nSynopsis\nThis book integrates womens history and legal studies within the broader context of modern European history in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sixteen contributions from fourteen countries explore the ways in which the law contributes to the social construction of gender. They analyze questions of family law and international law and highlight the politics of gender in the legal professions in a variety of historical, social and national settings, including Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern and Central Europe. Focusing on different legal cultures, they show us the similarities and differences in the ways the law has shaped the contours of women and mens lives in powerful ways. They also show how women have used legal knowledge to struggle.