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The Development of the Law of Matrimonial Property—A Historical Perspective
Author(s) -
Goodman Ellen
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1981.tb00708.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , property (philosophy) , project commissioning , publishing , law , political science , property law , sociology , law and economics , property rights , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
This article outlines briefly the development of matrimonial property law from earliest times to the present day. The issue of central concern throughout is the changing status of women and the bearing that this has had on development of the law. A historical, social and economic perspective is adopted in an effort to explain why particular developments occurred when they did. Finally, attention is drawn to the inadequacies of legal solutions to what is perceived as basically an economic issue.