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

跨大西洋的治理：城市妇女和法律在哈瓦那，古巴，1837- 1889这篇论文的项目是跨大西洋的法律的管理的研究。 它考察了1837年至1889年期间，西班牙殖民古巴是由所谓的“特别法”。“该项目审查了这些法律对妇女的影响。有关数据是规范哈瓦那人民日常生活的殖民地法规和市政法令。职业，刑事和家庭法规被认为是。 经过严格审查的假设是，普遍认为法律限制妇女参与经济和社会生活。这些数据提供了关于妇女参与商业和司法事务的最有力的数据。还将审查刑事案件和警察记录，因为它们提供了有关法律的规则适用情况的宝贵的定量和定性信息。本研究的抽样框架比以往的研究更广泛。 它包括一个城市妇女的横截面，包括被奴役的妇女，工人阶级的白色和自由的颜色妇女，和上层阶级的白色妇女。 这一广度将使人们能够评估族裔和社会经济地位对法律实施的影响。

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.