Family Law in the Twentieth Century: A History

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Oxford University Press, 2003 - 911 Seiten
The law governing family relationships has changed dramatically in the course of the 20th 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.

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Table of Statutes
xxxi
Table of Statutory Instruments
liii
Introduction
lix
Weddings
4
Eligibility
38
Property Regimes
90
Ending Marriage by Judicial Divorce under
161
The Campaign for Reform of the Victorian Divorce
196
319
439
The Financial Consequences
478
The Legal Consequences of
516
CHILDREN THE FAMILY AND THE STATE
525
Legitimate or Illegitimate?
545
Legal Authority in the Family
566
Legal Adoption of Children 19001973
596
2 The Welfare State and Child Care Legislation
671

The Ground for Divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1937
250
The Family Justice Process 19001970
275
THE LEGAL
393
System Towards the End of the Twentieth Century
741
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