Hers, his, and theirs : community property law in Spain and early Texas / Jean A. Stuntz.
2010
KFT1297 .S78 2010 (Map It)
Available at Cellar
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Details
Author
Title
Hers, his, and theirs : community property law in Spain and early Texas / Jean A. Stuntz.
Published
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, 2010.
Call Number
KFT1297 .S78 2010
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9780896727175 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0896727173 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0896727173 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xxv, 217 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)607322134
Summary
"Traces, through legal documents and court cases, the roots of Texas community-property law to Castilian law during the Spanish Reconquest. Examines why Spanish community-law developed so differently from elsewhere in Europe, why it survived in Texas, and what it offered that English common law did not"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Foreword
xi
Introduction
xxi
1.
The Development of Spain and of Castilian Law
1
2.
Las Siete Partidas
15
3.
Family Law in the Partidas
31
4.
The Transfer of Castilian Laws to New Spain
45
5.
The Spanish Legal System Arrives in Texas
63
6.
Women's Status in Case Law from San Fernando de Bexar
71
7.
The Impact of English History on the Development of English Common Law
87
8.
The Application of Spanish and English Laws to Anglo-American Settlers in Mexican Texas
109
9.
The Creation of the Republic of Texas and Its Legal System
133
10.
The State of Texas and Its Legal System
147
Conclusion
172
Appendix A
Chronology
175
Appendix B
Texas Constitution of 1845
179
Notes
181
Select Bibliography
197
Index
207