Changing Legal Regulation of Cohabitation - From Fornicators to Family, 1600-2010

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Probert is Professor of Law at the University of Warwick. She has taught family law for over a decade and published widely on both contemporary family law and its history. Klappentext A radical revision of existing ideas about the popularity, legal treatment and perceptions of cohabitation between 1600 and 2010. Zusammenfassung This book is for anyone interested in the history of marriage and cohabitation! whether historian! lawyer or general reader. It is written in an accessible style! while providing a radical reassessment of existing ideas about the popularity! legal treatment and perceptions of cohabitation between 1600 and 2010. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Fornicators: the punishment of illicit sex; 3. No name: law, morality and precedent; 4. Unmarried wives in war and peace; 5. Living in sin: concerns and changes; 6. 'Stable illicit unions': cohabitation and the reform of divorce law; 7. Common-law wives: the 1970s and the creation of a myth; 8. Live-in lovers: trying to get back to basics; 9. Partners: New Labour and neutrality; 10. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Probert, Rebecca (University of Warwick) Probert, Probert Rebecca
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107536302
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53630-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Law in Context; Law in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / Family Law / General, LAW / Legal History, Legal History, Family law: cohabitation