Dissertation Research: Transatlantic Governance: Urban Women and Legal History in Havana, Cuba, 1837-1889

《跨大西洋治理：古巴哈瓦那的城市妇女与法律，1837-1889年》这篇论文是关于跨大西洋法律管理的研究。它考察了1837-1889年间，西班牙殖民时期的古巴受到所谓的“特别法”的统治。该项目审查了这些法律对妇女的影响。相关数据是管理哈瓦那居民日常生活的殖民法规和市政法令。职业、刑事和家庭法规也被考虑在内。受到批判性检验的假设是法律限制妇女参与经济和社会生活的普遍解释。这些数据为妇女参与商业和司法事务提供了最有力的数据。还将审查刑事案件和警方记录，因为它们提供了关于适用法律规则的宝贵的定量和定性信息。本研究的样本范围比以往的研究要宽泛。它包括城市妇女的各个部分--包括被奴役的妇女、工人阶级的白人和自由的有色人种妇女以及上层阶级的白人妇女。这一广度将使评估族裔和社会经济地位在部署法律方面的影响成为可能。

Transatlantic Governance: Urban Women and Law in Havana, Cuba,1837-1889This dissertation project is a study of transatlantic legal administration. It examinesthe period 1837-1889, during which Spanish colonial Cuba was governed bywhat were called "special laws." The project examines the impact of these laws on women. The relevant data are the colonial statutes and municipal ordinances that regulated the daily life of Havana's population. Occupational, criminal, and family regulations are considered. The hypothesis critically examined is the prevailing interpretation that law limited the participation of women in economic and social life. These data provide the strongest data on women's involvement in commercial and juridical matters. Criminal cases and police records will also be reviewed because they offer valuable quantitative and qualitative information about the application of legal rules. The sampling frame in this study is broader than in previous studies. It includes a cross-section of urban women-including enslaved women, working class white and free women of color, and upper class white women. This breadth will permit an assessment of the influence of ethnicity and socio-economic status in the deployment of law.