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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)
Autor Corporativo: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ontario : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2002.
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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Seduction
Sex and law
Sexual ethics
Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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