Title Domestic reforms : political visions and family regulation in British Columbia, 1862-1940 / Christopher Allan Clarkson

Published Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (294 pages) Series Law & society, 1496-4953 Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.) Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Yeoman Dream -- 1 Deserted Wives and Independent Men -- 2 Married Women, Country Wives, and Destitute Orphans -- 3 Chivalry and the Democratic Judiciary -- Part 2: A Vision of Mutualistic Hierarchy -- 4 Creditors� Rights, the 1887 Married Women�s Property Act, and the Emergence of a Liberal Femininity -- Part 3: The Conservation of Child-Life -- 5 Maintaining the “Hope of the Race�: Child-Saving in a Conservative Era, 1901-15 6 Child Protection and Women�s Equality in the Liberal Era, 1916-237 Public Policy, Published Decisions, and Police Courts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary "Domestic Reforms tells a complicated story of family and welfare law reform within the context of British Columbia's transformation from a British colonial enclave to a white settler Canadian province. It inherited a British legal system that granted married men control over most family property and imposed on them few obligations toward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward, lawmakers throughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators on the Pacific Coast, began to grant women and children new rights. Feminist scholars have long debated the reasons for these reforms. Why did male legislators choose to depart from patriarchal norms, enacting laws that eroded husbands' control over property and increased their obligations? More important, what were the legal and social consequences?" "Chris Clarkson examines three waves of property, inheritance, and maintenance law reform, arguing that each was related to a broader political vision intended to precipitate vast social and economic effects. He analyzes the impact of the legislation, with emphasis on the ambitions of regulated populations, the influence of the judiciary, and the social and fiscal concerns of generations of legislators and bureaucrats."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Domestic relations -- British Columbia -- History Domestic relations -- British Columbia -- Legislative history Families -- Political aspects -- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century Families -- Political aspects -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Families -- Political aspects Domestic relations British Columbia Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780774855556 077485555X 1282593331 9781282593336

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