knowledge (universities, public or private research centres) and women have always been difficult: access to education and … participate to the production of scientific knowledge, women had to get round the institutional barriers by cunning and political … struggles. Today, even though institutional barriers have disappeared, the participation of women to the scientific production …

exist between them and those professionals which are traditionally considered as ‘gatekeepers' in common-law countries ….Based on Comparative Law and Economics surveys, we point out the crucial role performed by civil-law notaries as impartial … loi.Est-il légitime et opportun d'étendre au notariat cette définition conçue dans un système de common law qui ne connaît …

in Gortyn law. This fact can be explained by the absence of a land cadastre …