Family Law in the Twentieth Century A History

Name: Family Law in the Twentieth Century A History
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ISBN: 9780199280919

ISBN-10: 0199280916

ISBN-13: 9780199280919

Edition: 2005

Authors: Stephen Cretney

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The law governing family relationships has changed dramatically in the course of the last century and this book - drawing extensively on both published and archival material and on legal as well as other sources - gives an account of the processes and problems of reform. Much of the work of the courts was concerned with marriage and divorce, but there were also major changes in the legal position of married women and reform in all these areas was hotly controversial. 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…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 976
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 2.07" tall
Weight: 3.168
Language: English



Marriage



Weddings



Marriage: the Ground Rules



Legal Consequences of Marriage: Children, Property, Finance, etc



Relationships Outside Marriage


Divorce and other matrimonial litigation in 1900



The Background to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857



Divorce Under the 1857 Act



Other Litigation in the Divorce Court



Family Justice for the Poor: the Magistrates' Matrimonial Jurisdiction


Reform of Divorce and Other Matrimonial Litigation: 1900-1937



From the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes to the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division



The Campaign for Reform of the Divorce Law: 1900-1937



Improving Access to Family Justice 1900-1937


Marriage Breakdown and the Family Justice System in Post-War Britain



Divorce Under the Herbert Act



Meeting the Demand : the Courts and Family Justice 1938-1970



The Demand for Reform: the 1956 Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce



The Success of the Campaign for Reform: the Divorce Reform Act 1969



The Courts and the Family Justice System in Post-War Britain


Children, the Family and the State



Legal Parentage



Legitimacy and Bastardy



Parents and Children



The State, Parents and Children