Seduction Law:Old and Older Fathers want to control who their daughters'marry In Anglo-American common law,one way of doing it Was an action against a seducer by the father On the grounds that he was deprived of the services of a servant My explanation:"Seduction"often meant evasion of parental control If Bill gets me pregnant my father will have to let us get married So the father wants a legal action he can control,not one his daughter can control The same issue shows up in traditional Jewish law Under religious law,a woman was adult and could choose her husband at 12 Communal authorities tried to find ways of adding additional requirements Getting around the religious law rules in various ways Pretty clearly for the same reasonSeduction Law: Old and Older • Fathers want to control who their daughters’ marry • In Anglo-American common law, one way of doing it • Was an action against a seducer by the father • On the grounds that he was deprived of the services of a servant • My explanation: “Seduction” often meant evasion of parental control • If Bill gets me pregnant my father will have to let us get married • So the father wants a legal action he can control, not one his daughter can control • The same issue shows up in traditional Jewish law • Under religious law, a woman was adult and could choose her husband at 12 ½ • Communal authorities tried to find ways of adding additional requirements • Getting around the religious law rules in various ways • Pretty clearly for the same reason