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Agency: Married Women Traders Of Nantucket, 1765-1865, Mary L. Heen
Agency: Married Women Traders Of Nantucket, 1765-1865, Mary L. Heen
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Before the enactment of separate property and contract rights for married women, generations of married women in seaport cities and towns conducted business as merchants, traders and shopkeepers. The first part of this article shows how private law facilitated their business activities through traditional agency law, the use of powers of attorney, trade accounts and family business networks. These arrangements, largely hidden from public view in family papers, letters, and diaries, permitted married women to enter into contracts, to buy and sell property, and to appear in court. Private law, like equity, thus provided a more flexible alternative to the …
Sounds Of Silence On The Civil Jury, Laura Gaston Dooley
Sounds Of Silence On The Civil Jury, Laura Gaston Dooley
Law Faculty Publications
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