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Patrick Brode examines the history of the 'heartbalm' torts in nineteenth-century Canada - breaches of duty leading to liability for damages for seduction, breach of promise of marriage, and criminal conversation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brode, Patrick, 1950-
Autor Corporativo: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Colección:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Temas:
1800-1899
Seduction > Canada > History > 19th century.
Sex and law > Canada > History > 19th century.
Sexual ethics > Canada > History > 19th century.
Séduction > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sexualité et droit > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Morale sexuelle > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Seduction
Sex and law
Sexual ethics
Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword. The Osgoode society for canadian legal history / McMurtry, R. Roy / Oliver, Peter N.
  • Preface
  • 1.Fiction of the law
  • 2. The Market of Shame
  • 3. Women of Quality and Lewd Mothers
  • 4. Feudalism Triumphant
  • 5. Rewarding the Insinuating Arts
  • 6. Virtue by Statute
  • 7. An Action of Their Own
  • 8. Wife Seduction: Punishing the 'Gay Lothario'
  • 9. To Protect the Poor Unfortunate Child
  • 10. MacMillan v. Brownlee
  • 11. Death of a Tort
  • 12. The Complex Dance of Seduction
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Notes
  • Index

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