The French Revolution’s unacknowledged offspring: The father in the French Civil Code

Anne Verjus

The French Revolution’s unacknowledged offspring: The father in the French Civil Code
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In Archives de Philosophie Volume 85, Issue 4, October 2022, pages 73 to 88

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The legislation of Year II (1793–1794) during the French Revolution, which for a very short time equalized the rights of natural and legitimate children, had unexpected and lasting effects on French law. Far from creating equality between all children, it increased the rights of their fathers without stipulating any new obligations, to the detriment of unmarried mothers and their unwanted and unrecognized children. The French Revolution maintained the power of patriarchy even in its most individualistic law and prepared the foundations for its institutionalization by the Civil Code.

paternity
mothers’ and children’s rights
patriarchy
family rights

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ISO 690		Copy VERJUS Anne, « Le père dans le Code civil, un fils inavoué de la Révolution ? », Archives de Philosophie, 2022/4 (Tome 85), p. 73-88. DOI : 10.3917/aphi.854.0073. URL : https://preprod.cairn.info/revue-archives-de-philosophie-2022-4-page-73.htm
ISO 690		Copy VERJUS Anne, "The French Revolution’s unacknowledged offspring: The father in the French Civil Code", Archives de Philosophie, 2022/4 (Volume 85), p. 73-88. DOI: 10.3917/aphi.854.0073. URL: https://preprod.cairn-int.info/journal-archives-de-philosophie-2022-4-page-73.htm
MLA		Copy Verjus, Anne. « Le père dans le Code civil, un fils inavoué de la Révolution ? », Archives de Philosophie, vol. 85, no. 4, 2022, pp. 73-88.
MLA		Copy Verjus, Anne. "The French Revolution’s unacknowledged offspring: The father in the French Civil Code", Archives de Philosophie, vol. 85, no. 4, 2022, pp. 73-88.
APA		Copy Verjus, A. (2022). Le père dans le Code civil, un fils inavoué de la Révolution ?. Archives de Philosophie, 85, 73-88. https://doi.org/10.3917/aphi.854.0073
APA		Copy Verjus, A. (2022). The French Revolution’s unacknowledged offspring: The father in the French Civil Code. Archives de Philosophie, 85, 73-88. https://doi.org/10.3917/aphi.854.0073
DOI		Copy https://doi.org/10.3917/aphi.854.0073

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