Plus ca change. . . .

Posted by Ken on April 22, 1998 at 07:55:01:

In response to Napoleonic Code, written by Laura W on April 21, 1998 at 11:41:09

] What sorts of legal rights did the Napoleonic Code grant to women? As recently as five years ago, a woman in Louisiana (U.S. state with most of its laws rooted in Napoleonic Code) couldn't get her refrigerator repaired without her husband's signature.

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Yes, but before the Napoleonic Code, she wouldn't have been able to get her refrigerator repaired without her husband's signature either! (-;

YHOS,
S.

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REPLIES:

• Oh, Ken!!!!!;-) Caroline 08:40:54 4/22/98 (1)
  • Why Yes. . . Ken 11:39:17 4/22/98 (0)

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