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MARRIAGE AND THE DOWRY IN ROMAN LAW [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Process Management and New Technologies, 2014
In the beginning, the marriage and the dowry were regulated by a custom law and the moral norms were primary at the time. When the marriage became socially and materially significant it became the subject of Civil Code articles.
Ljupka B.Petrevska   +1 more
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Population Growth and Rising Dowries: The Long-Run Mechanism of a Marriage Squeeze [PDF]

open access: yes
India has experienced a much-documented dowry inflation since the 1950s, which has been attributed to a spurt in population growth post-World War II. Will recent declines in fertility lead to a reversal of this trend and a regime of bride price? My paper
Sudeshna Maitra
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Symbolika vena vo vybraných rímskych právnych a literárnych prameňov

open access: yesPrávněhistorické studie
The institute of dos (dowry) represented a significant legal and socio-cultural phenomenon in ancient societies, particularly in Greek and Roman legal traditions.
Matej Mlkvý
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Why Dowry Payments Declined With Modernisation in Europe but are Rising in India [PDF]

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In contrast to most dowry oriented societies where payments have declined with modernisation, those in India have undergone significant inflation over the last five decades.This paper explains the difference between these two experiences by focusing on ...
Anderson, K.S.
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Exploitation of Dowry Against Muslim Women In Papua

open access: yesYinyang: Jurnal Studi Islam, Gender dan Anak
The dowry has often been a trigger for domestic violence due to misunderstandings surrounding its purpose. It is assumed that once the husband has paid the dowry to the wife, he has full rights over her.
Laili Shofiya Kurniawati, Sugimin
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An uncertain future: youth frustration and the Arab Spring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This repository item contains a single issue of The Pardee Papers, a series papers that began publishing in 2008 by the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Mulderig, M. Chloe
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Did One Veil Give Women a Better Life?

open access: yes, 2014
Unfortunately, a young woman in Renaissance Florence did not have many options for her future. A woman\u27s family usually decided whether she would be able to get married or would have to enter the convent, but sometimes she was able to make this choice.
Westermann, Mary C.
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Application of methods used in the classical matching markets to the Indian marriage market

open access: yes, 2015
In most societies, the social practice of paying dowry tends to decline and sometimes to disappear. In contrast, a system of marriages negotiated between families continues to exist in India; a marriage squeeze and a real dowry inflation are observed ...
Adli, Rhonya, Samba, Raïssa-Juvette
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