it is held by the family or as it might be inherited by family members. Other provisions discuss the issue of children. What emerges is a concept of the nuclear family that suggests that that unit is paramount and that protecting the members of that unit and assuring that such a unit comes into existence are important. The law makes it possible for a man to divorce a woman if she does not present him with children, for instance, and children are seen thus as the necessary and desired outcome of marriage. The extended family is addressed as well, from the need to give a dowry to the duties parents owe their children and other relations. The fact that these regulations are set forth in written form shows that the state has evolved to the point where it offers protection for property, for family relations, and for various professions and that these rules are
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