Tying the Knot The Formation of Marriage 1836-2020

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

Info autore

Rebecca Probert is a Professor at the School of Law, University of Exeter, and Specialist Consultant to the Law Commission's Weddings Project. She is author of Marriage Law and Practice in the Long Eighteenth Century: A Reassessment (2009) and The Changing Legal Regulation of Cohabitation: From Fornicators to Family, 1600-2010 (2012).

Riassunto

Tying the Knot is for anyone interested in how couples have married from 1836 to the present day. It shows how the legal options have evolved and how social practices have changed, and demonstrates how the legal regulations have hindered many couples from marrying in accordance with their beliefs.

Testo aggiuntivo

'This book 'celebrates', as it were, both weddings and their laws. Only the stand-out family lawyer of her generation could meld the two with such apparent ease. If you like love, law, history, religion and politics this is the book for you. Don't borrow a copy –  buy one.' Chris Barton, Emeritus Professor of Family Law, Staffordshire University

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rebecca Probert, Probert Rebecca, Rebecca (University of Exeter) Probert
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2021
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Altro; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781316518281
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51828-1
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
• Categorie: LAW / Family Law / General, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Family Law, Legal History, Social and cultural history