Shakespeare, Law, and Marriage

Informationen zum Autor B. J. Sokol is Reader in English at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Mary Sokol is Research Fellow at University College London and is also a lawyer. Zusammenfassung This interdisciplinary study combines legal! historical and literary approaches to the practice and theory of marriage in Shakespeare's time! and discovers a wide range of examples in a selection of Shakespeare's plays. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Making a valid marriage: the consensual model; 2. Arranging marriages; 3. Wardship and marriages enforced by law; 4. Financing a marriage: provision of dowries or marriage portions; 5. The solemnisation of marriage; 6. Clandestine marriage, elopement, abduction and rape: irregular marriage formation; 7. The effects of marriage on legal status; 8. Marriage breakdown: separation, divorce, illegitimacy; 9. 'Til death us do part; An afterword on method; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: B. J. Sokol, Mary Sokol
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2003
• EAN: 9780521822633
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82263-3
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Labour law, social law