The legal position of women following the Family Law reforms

Abstract

This article seeks to present a brief history of the legal position of women within the field of Family Law. From this standpoint, the limitation of women’s autonomy compared to that of men, as established in our previous legislation, can clearly be observed. Moreover, marriage also produced a series of restrictions for women who opted for this choice, as they passed from parental authority to marital submission. It should be noted that the problems arising from the different legal position of women compared to that of men, are so different and diverse in each of the legal situations in which they occurred, that they exceed the scope of this paper. In any case, a small bibliographic reference is included with regard to this subject.

Keywords

• autoridad
• escasa autonomía
• limitación de la mujer
• restricciones en la mujer
• sumisión marital