Re: [Off-Topic] "Curfews"

[Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>]

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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,
	
On Sun, 2 Jun 1996, Deranged Mutant wrote:

> ....which dates back to laws that said women and children were
> mens' possessions.  Very archaic.

I've heard this claim for years.  While it may be true, I don't
recall anything in my legal training that would support it with 
respect to Anglo-American jurisprudence.  Can anyone provide a
citation (an original source, please, not some radical feminist
revisionist writings) that sheds light on this curious belief?


 S a n d y

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