Tying the Knot

ISBN-13: 9781316518281 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 288 str.

Rebecca Probert

Opis

Analyses marriage law's development since 1836—its complexity, failures to respond to societal change, and constraints on different beliefs.

Recenzje

'… an engaging, informative study of the history of English marriage law … Recommended.' A. C. Stanley, Choice Connect

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Conception, design and implementation, 1819–1837; 3. Reactions to the Act, 1837–1854; 4. Amendments enacted and reform deferred, 1855–1872; 5. Differences, divisions, and dispensing with the registrar, 1873–1899; 6. Competing conceptions of marriage, 1900–1919; 7. Consolidating complexity, 1920–1949; 8. Convergence? 1950–1993; 9. The rise of the wedding, 1994–2020; 10. The legacy of the past and lessons for the future.