Private Acts in Public Places : A Social History of Divorce in the Formative Era of American Family Law /

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Richard H. Chused examines more than 1300 petitions for divorce in Maryland filed during the first half of the nineteenth century. By weaving together information on the legislative handling of these petitions, the voting patterns of the state legislators, and the judicial treatment of related dispu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chused, Richard H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Temas:
Divorce > Law and legislation > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Divorce > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
American History.
American Studies.
Human Rights.
Law.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Sociology.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Miscreant Women and Male Divorce: Family Discord Before 1805
  • 3. Political Reform and Family Law at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
  • 4. Religious and Political Maneuvering: The Disappearance of A Vinculo Divorce, 1816-1825
  • 5. The State of Divorce Law in 1825: The Import of Sarah and Charles Warfield's Saga
  • 6. The Revival of A Vinculo Divorce and a Child Custody Twist, 1826-1836
  • 7. The Arrival of Judicial Divorce, 1837-1841
  • 8. The Demise of Legislative Divorce
  • 9. Epilogue: The Long-Term Impact of the Legislative Divorce Process
  • Appendix 1: Tables
  • Appendix 2: Process Proposals, General Bill Proposals, and Statutes
  • Appendix 3: The Warfield v. Warfield and Thomas v. Thomas Pamphlets
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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