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- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions
- Feminist Judgments Series
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments Series
- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Cover Art
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Allocation of Rights
- Part III Patents, Publicity Rights, and Trademarks
- Part IV Condemnation and Adverse Possession
- Part V Gifts and Future Interests
- Part VI Tenancy in Common, Joint Tenancy, and Tenancy by the Entirety
- Part VII Exclusionary Zoning
- Part VIII Evictions
- 16 Commentary on Phillips Neighborhood Housing Trust v. Brown
- 17 Commentary on Blake v. Stradford
- Part IX Landlord–Tenant Premises Liability
- Index
17 - Commentary on Blake v. Stradford
from Part VIII - Evictions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2021
- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions
- Feminist Judgments Series
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments Series
- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Advisory Panel for Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Cover Art
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Allocation of Rights
- Part III Patents, Publicity Rights, and Trademarks
- Part IV Condemnation and Adverse Possession
- Part V Gifts and Future Interests
- Part VI Tenancy in Common, Joint Tenancy, and Tenancy by the Entirety
- Part VII Exclusionary Zoning
- Part VIII Evictions
- 16 Commentary on Phillips Neighborhood Housing Trust v. Brown
- 17 Commentary on Blake v. Stradford
- Part IX Landlord–Tenant Premises Liability
- Index
Summary
From today’s vantage point, it is easy to forget the rapid and expansive development of the law at the intersection of property rights and family relationships that has occurred over the course of the last several decades. At the time of Blake v. Stradford,1 the decision explored in this chapter, same-sex marriage was not legally recognized in the United States.2 Marriage between interracial couples had been sanctioned for only three decades.3 And when it came to marital property rights, married women held some, albeit few. Laws like that of coverture, and classification of the husband as the “head and master” of the family with the sole right to act in property matters relating to either spouse’s property, were still fading from the fore.
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- Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions , pp. 371 - 396Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021