Tying the Knot

AvRebecca Probert

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Cambridge Studies in English Legal History

316 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

E-bok

364 kr

Inbunden

1 355 kr

Beskrivning

The Marriage Act 1836 established the foundations of modern marriage law, allowing couples to marry in register offices and non-Anglican places of worship for the first time. Rebecca Probert draws on an exceptionally wide range of primary sources to provide the first detailed examination of marriage legislation, social practice, and their mutual interplay, from 1836 through to the unanticipated demands of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. She analyses how and why the law has evolved, closely interrogating the parliamentary and societal debates behind legislation. She demonstrates how people have chosen to marry and how those choices have changed, and evaluates how far the law has been help or hindrance in enabling couples to marry in ways that reflect their beliefs, be they religious or secular. In an era of individual choice and multiculturalism, Tying the Knot sign posts possible ways in which future legislators might avoid the pitfalls of the past.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-04-06
Mått:151 x 228 x 15 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
Antal sidor:298
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108999830

Utforska kategorier

Rättshistoria inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

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).

Recensioner i media

'With reform of weddings law back on the agenda, Rebecca Probert's fascinating study underscores how recourse to history can show that while the contexts has changed, the problems we face are not new and that reform is needed to untangle this knotty area of law. This is an exemplar of what historically informed legal analysis can achieve and deserves to be widely read by legal historians and family lawyers alike.' Russell Sandberg, Cardiff University

Innehållsförteckning

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.