| Description |
lxiii, 911 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. The legal family: marriage. Weddings ; Marriage eligibility ; The legal consequences of marriage: property regimes ; Other legal consequences of marriage: conjugal rights and remedies -- Pt. II. The ending of marriage: divorce. Ending marriage by judicial divorce under Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 ; The campaign for reform of the Victorian divorce law ; The ground for divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1937 ; The family justice process 1900-1970 ; Irretrievable breakdown as the ground for divorce: the Divorce Reform Act 1969 -- Pt. III. Ending relationships: the legal consequences. Marital breakdown: the financial consequences ; Maintenance, the magistrates' courts and the state ; The ending of relationships by death: the financial consequences ; Unmarried couples: the legal consequences of ending the relationship -- Pt. IV. Children, the family and the state. Parentage ; Children's legal status: legitimate or illegitimate? ; Parents and children: legal authority in the family ; Legal adoption of children, 1900-1973 ; The state, parent and child: before the welfare state ; The state, parent and child: the welfare state and child care legislation ; The state, parent and child: child care legislation at a time of transition, 1969-1989 -- Pt. V. The family justice system at the millennium. The family and the law: reform of the English family justice system towards the end of the twentieth century |
| Summary |
"Family Law in the Twentieth Century gives full accounts of how the law has dealt with the relationship between children and their families, and the increasing involvement of the state in seeking to prevent abuse of children and in providing for the needy. The book gives a revealing account of the processes of change and of the influence of pressure groups, civil servants, and judges, as well as individual campaigners."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [821]-868) and index |
| Subject |
Domestic relations -- England -- History.
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Domestic relations -- Wales -- History.
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Domestic relations -- Great Britain.
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Marriage law -- Great Britain -- History.
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Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History.
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Domestic relations -- England.
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Domestic relations -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2003467190 |
| ISBN |
0198268998 alkaline paper |
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