Via this Backhouse article I'm learning that there was a similar pattern of reform about coverture, too: England was putting means in place by the late 16th century, for example, by which deserted wives could protect their property and support themselves and their children in the absence of their husbands; but Canada, largely due to a less developed judiciary structure, just kept the old English common-law provisions un-reformed until the mid 19th century. Pretty wild.
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Date: 2019-02-09 11:49 pm (UTC)Via this Backhouse article I'm learning that there was a similar pattern of reform about coverture, too: England was putting means in place by the late 16th century, for example, by which deserted wives could protect their property and support themselves and their children in the absence of their husbands; but Canada, largely due to a less developed judiciary structure, just kept the old English common-law provisions un-reformed until the mid 19th century. Pretty wild.