Tying the knot: the formation of marriage, 1836-2020
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...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| Dans: | Année: 2021 |
| Recensions: | [Rezension von: Probert, Rebecca, 1973-, Tying the knot : the formation of marriage 1836-2020] (2022) (Sutton, Teresa)
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| Collection/Revue: | Cambridge studies in English legal history
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Großbritannien
/ Droit matrimonial
/ Histoire 1836-2020
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
LAW / Legal History
B Husband and wife (England) History B Marriage law (England) History |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | 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 |
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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Sep 2021) |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 283 pages), digital, PDF file(s) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-00010-9 |
