Sexual divisions in law. /
Katherine O'Donovan.
- London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1985.
- xii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
- Law in context .
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. [226]-233.
Contents: Definition and history of public and private: Divisions and dichotomies -- From feudalism and patriarchy to market society -- Divisions between the sexes and the public/private split: Legal construction of sex and gender -- The Boundary between private and public -- The Private relationship of marriage -- Public law from the private perspective -- Crossing the divide: Reformist possibilities -- Reforming the public: Why can't a woman be more like a man? -- Reforming the private: Why can't a man be more like a woman?
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