Patriarchal Law.
Title: Patriarchal Law.
Category: /Social Sciences
Details: Words: 2678 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
Patriarchal Law.
Category: /Social Sciences
Details: Words: 2678 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
Patriarchal Law is often mentioned but rarely do we understand what it is. The English term "patriarch" derives from the Greek 'patriarches', which is actually made of two words - 'pater' meaning "father" and 'arches' meaning "head" or "founder". A patriarch is "the head of a house - the founder or ruler of a tribe, family, or clan. Patriarchal Law is simply the name given to the law that governed all men from the time
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when it comes to positions of power.
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