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The Ties That Bind (Routledge Revivals) - Law, Marriage and the Reproduction of Patriarchal Relations (Hardcover, Rev Ed)
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The Ties That Bind (Routledge Revivals) - Law, Marriage and the Reproduction of Patriarchal Relations (Hardcover, Rev Ed)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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First published in 1984, this book made an important and timely
contribution to the development of the idea that the law is a major
source of women's oppression. Based on research of the theory and
practice of family law, it examines the way in which private law
operates to sustain, reproduce and reinforce the dependence of
women in the most private of spheres, namely marriage. The author
focuses on the point of break down or divorce, where the economic
vulnerability of women caused by marriage and the sexual division
of labour is most clearly expressed. She points to the way in which
the law, while mitigating the worst excesses of men's power over
women in marriage, has consistently failed to tackle the economic
structure of marriage and women's fundamental material
vulnerability inside the family. She confronts various myths on
divorce legislation in Britain and discusses alternative feminist
proposals for tackling the problems caused by women's economic
dependence in marriage. Although Smart writes in 1984, many of the
issues she discusses retain their significance in today's society.
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