Rebecca Probert

Marriage Law and Practice in the Long Eighteenth Century

A Reassessment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using a wide range of primary sources, this book provides a radical reassessment of eighteenth-century marriage law and practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 657g
• ISBN-13: 9780521516150
• ISBN-10: 0521516153
• Artikelnr.: 26465186

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Probert is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, teaching family law and child law. She has published widely on both modern family law and its history.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The misunderstood contract per verba de praesenti
3. The myths of 'informal' and 'common law' marriage
4. The little-considered marriage practices of non-Anglicans
5. The unacknowledged regularity of clandestine marriages
6. The eventual passage and actual terms of the 1753 Act
7. The unappreciated success of the 1753 Act
8. The unexplored judicial interpretation of the Act
9. The overlooked response of non-Anglicans
10. Conclusion.