Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England Defamation in the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855

Name: Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England Defamation in the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815-1855
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ISBN: 9780802047502

ISBN-10: 0802047505

ISBN-13: 9780802047502

Edition: 2000

Authors: S. M. Waddams

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List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 6/13/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Steven Waddams is a professor of law at the University of Toronto.

List of Illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: 'Grievous and oppressive to the subjects of this realm'	p. 3
The Common Law	p. 17
The Ecclesiastical Law	p. 25
The Courts and Their Officers	p. 51
Patterns of Litigation	p. 65
Evidence	p. 79
Costs	p. 103
Penance	p. 111
The Parties	p. 123
The Injury	p. 130
Motives	p. 156
Consequences	p. 179
Postscript: 'A barbarous state of our law'	p. 187
Ecclesiastical court business, 1827-30	p. 193
Defamation cases by diocese, 1815-55, with diocesan populations in 1835	p. 195
Defamation cases by five-year periods, 1815-55	p. 196
Defamation cases by sex and martial status of parties (Norwich and York)	p. 197
Populations of places of plaintiffs' residence (Norwich)	p. 197
Disposition of causes at various stages of litigation (Norwich)	p. 198
Sex and literacy of witnesses (Norwich and York)	p. 198
Illustrative Cause Papers	p. 199
Occupations of Parties and Parties' Husbands (Norwich and York) and of Male Plaintiffs (England and Wales)	p. 221
Notes	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 291
Table of Cases	p. 295
Index	p. 313
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