Single and married women in the law of Israel - A feminist perspective

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-56

  Hacker, Daphna ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Feminist; Israeli law; Married women; Single mothers; Single women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247726607     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016665217137     Document Type: Review

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