Abstract
The law governing spousal relationships has been unequal historically. Under the common law, a husband could not be convicted of beating his wife. The man was the master of his house and his wife was unable to own her own property or enter into contracts without the husband's permission. Although women were later permitted to own property individually or jointly with their husbands, through the application of the principle of legal unity between husband and wife and the accompanying legal rights of the husband in the property of the wife, spouses were unable to commit crimes against one another's property.
Recommended Citation
Leventhal, John M.
(2006)
"Spousal Rights or Spousal Crimes: Where and When Are the Lines to Be Drawn?,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2006:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2006/iss2/3