Matrimonial Property Law Reform and Equality for Women: Discourses in Discord?
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 07/38
Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 9-30, 1995
23 Pages Posted: 20 Jun 2007
Abstract
This article scrutinises some of the underlying concepts that have structured law reform debates about matrimonial property and describes findings about the economic consequences of marriage breakdown for women and children. It evaluates aspects of matrimonial property law by reference to debates about the meaning of equality for women and suggests that any successful matrimonial property law reform must move beyond the rhetoric of formal equality in redressing the economic disadvantage currently experienced by women and children after marriage breakdown.
Keywords: Equality, matrimonial property law reform, formal equality, women's economic disadvantage
JEL Classification: K10
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