Marriage Law and Practice in the Long Eighteenth Century - A Reassessment

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Using a wide range of primary sources, this book provides a radical reassessment of eighteenth-century marriage law and practice. Zusammenfassung Using a wide range of sources! this book provides a radical reassessment of eighteenth-century marriage. It analyses what was required for a valid marriage! both before and after the Clandestine Marriages Act of 1753! fundamentally rewriting what scholars previously believed was the law and practice of the time. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Rebecca Probert, Rebecca (University of Warwick) Probert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521516150
• ISBN: 978-0-521-51615-0
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Cambridge Studies in English L; Cambridge Studies in English L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries