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Hers, his, and theirs : community property law in Spain and early Texas /

"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-property law developed so differently from elsewhere in Europe, why it survived in Texas, and what it offered that English c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stuntz, Jean A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Community property > Texas > History.
Community property > Spain > History.
Texas > Civilization > Spanish influences.
Online Access:Table of contents
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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-property 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.
Physical Description:xxiii, 217 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-205) and index.
ISBN:089672560X (cloth : alk. paper)