Even as women's groups applauded the code as a way to combat the forced marriage of young girls and give wives more economic power, many Mali women opposed it as an attack on traditional values.
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The Bush Treasury calls this an overreaction and says economic substance should be left to the courts. (Kerry favors putting economic substance in the code.) A Heinz win could weaken the case for relying on the courts.