Family, commerce, and the sea : the worlds of women and merchants (partidas iv and v) /

A major thirteenth-century Spanish law code whose tenets can still be found in the state laws of California, Texas, and Louisiana.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Burns, S.J., Robert I.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2001]
©2001
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The middle ages series
Las siete partidas; Volume 4
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812208559
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Summary: A major thirteenth-century Spanish law code whose tenets can still be found in the state laws of California, Texas, and Louisiana.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9780812208559
Index Number: KKT142 1384
CLC: D955.19
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction to the Fourth Partida --
Introduction to the Fifth Partida --
Analytical Table of Contents --
Here Begins the Fourth Partida which Treats of Betrothals and Marriages --
Title I. Concerning Betrothals --
Title II. Which Treats of Marriages --
TITLE III. Concerning Betrothals and Marriages Which Take Place in Secret --
TITLE IV. Concerning the Conditions Imposed by Men in Betrothals and Marriages --
TITLE V. Concerning the Marriages of Slaves --
TITLE VI. Concerning Relationship and Affinity, Through Which Impediments to Marriage Arise --
TITLE VII. Concerning the Offices of Godfather, and of Father by Adoption, Through Which Impediments to Marriage Arise --
TITLE VIII. Concerning Men Who Cannot Cohabit With Women, or the Latter With Them, on Account of Impediments Which Exist in Them --
TITLE IX. Concerning Accusations Made to Prevent or Annul Marriage --
LAW XII. What a Petition Is, How It Should Be Drawn When a Person Simply Impugns a Marriage for the Purpose of Having it Annulled on Account of Adultery --
TITLE X. Concerning the Annulment of Marriages --
TITLE XI. Concerning Dowries, Donations, and Marriage Gifts --
TITLE XII. Concerning Those Who Marry Again, After the Dissolution of the First Marriage --
Title XIII. Concerning Legimate Children --
TITLE XIV. Concerning Other Women Whom Men Keep, and to Whom They Are Not Married --
TITLE XV. Concerning Children Who Are Not Legitimate --
TITLE XVI. Concerning Adopted Children --
TITLE XVII. Concerning the Authority, of Every Description Whatever, Which Fathers Have Over Their Children --
TITLE XVIII The Reasons Why Parents May Be Deprived of the Authority Which They Have Over Their Children --
TITLE XIX. How Parents Should Bring a p Their Children, and How Children Should Have Consideration for Their Parents Whenever It Is Necessary --
TITLE XX. Concerning Persons Whom a Man Brings Up in His House Though They Are Not His Children --
TITLE XXI. Co