This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... 137 The Legal Position Of Woman. Her Relation To Politics. Whenever a rank or class is in a condition of dependence or subjection, this condition will find its expression in the laws of the country in question. The laws are the formulae in which the social state of a country is summed up, they are its ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... 137 The Legal Position Of Woman. Her Relation To Politics. Whenever a rank or class is in a condition of dependence or subjection, this condition will find its expression in the laws of the country in question. The laws are the formulae in which the social state of a country is summed up, they are its mirror. Wo'men, as a dependent and subjected sex, make no exception to this rule. The laws are both negative and positive, negative inasmuch as they ignore the existence of the subject class in the distribution of rights, positive inasmuch as they define its position of dependence, and note any possible exceptions. Our common law is founded on the Roman law, which only recognized man in his capacity of proprietor. But at the same time, the old German law, which took a more liberal view of men and a more dignified view even of women, has not been without influence. But amongst all Romance nations the Roman conception of law, especially with regard to women, has held its own up to the present day. It is no mere accident that the French language only possesses one word, 1'homme, for man and human being. French law only recognizes man as a human being. The same thing applied in Rome. There were Roman citizens and the wives of Roman citizens, but no citoyennes. It is unnecessary to let the whole many coloured map of German common law pass in review; a few specimens will suffice. According to German common law woman is everywhere in the position of a minor with regard to man; her husband is her lord and master, to whom she owes obedience in marriage. If she be disobedent, Prussian law allows a husband of " low estate " to inflict moderate bodily chastisement. As no provision is made for the number or the severity of the blows, the amount of such...
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