Hers, his, and theirs : community property law in Spain and early Texas / Jean A. Stuntz

Author:: Stuntz, Jean A.
Additional Titles:: Hers, his, & theirs
Published:: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2005.
Physical Description:: xxiii, 217 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

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Contents:

The development of Spain and of Castilian law -- Las Siete partidas -- Family law in the partidas -- The transfer of Castilian laws to new Spain -- The Spanish legal system arrives in Texas -- Women's status is case law from San Fernando de Béxar -- The impact of English history on the development of English common law -- The application of Spanish and English laws to Anglo-American settlers in Mexican Texas -- The creation of the Republic of Texas and its legal system -- The state of Texas and its legal system.

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ISBN:

089672560X (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-205) and index.

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