Road to divorce : England 1530-1987 /

Road to divorce : England 1530-1987 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Stone, Lawrence
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Description:xvii, 460 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Divorce -- England -- History.
Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History.
Divorce.
Divorce -- Law and legislation.
Marriage.
Marriage law.
England.
Great Britain.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1078259
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ISBN:0198226519 : £19.50 (est.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of plates
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Abbreviations
  • General introduction
  • The law and custom of marriage
  • Contract marriage
  • From the Marriage Act of 1753 to 1868
  • Part 2. The breaking of marriage: Desertion, elopement, and wife-sale
  • Private separation
  • Judicial separation
  • The action for criminal conversation
  • Parliamentary divorce
  • Divorce reform proposals 1604-1850
  • The passage to the Divorce Reform Act
  • Epilogue: The century of divorce law
  • Appendix: A list of pamphlets concerning the Marriage Act of 1753
  • Tables
  • Index

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