Tying the knot : the formation of marriage, 1836-2020
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Tying the knot : the formation of marriage, 1836-2020
（Cambridge studies in English legal history）
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Summary: "Tying the Knot is about these intertwined legal, social, and religious histories. It has three interconnecting aims. The first is to analyse how the laws governing how couples can marry have evolved, from the 1836 Act that established the basic foundations of much of the current law to the present day. The second is to assess the evidence as to how couples have actually married over that period. And the third is to evaluate how far the law has enabled them to do so in accordance with their beliefs"-- Provided by publisher
Includes index
Contents of Works
- Conception, design, and implementation, 1819-1837
- Reactions to the Act, 1837-1854
- Amendments enacted and reform deferred, 1855-1872
- Differences, divisions, and dispensing with the registrar, 1873-1899
- Competing conceptions of marriage, 1900-1919
- Consolidating complexity, 1920-1949
- Convergence? 1950-1993
- The rise of the wedding, 1994-2020
- The legacy of the past and lessons for the future
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Description
The Marriage Act 1836 established the foundations of modern marriage law, allowing couples to marry in register offices and non-Anglican places of worship for the first time. Rebecca Probert draws on an exceptionally wide range of primary sources to provide the first detailed examination of marriage legislation, social practice, and their mutual interplay, from 1836 through to the unanticipated demands of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. She analyses how and why the law has evolved, closely interrogating the parliamentary and societal debates behind legislation. She demonstrates how people have chosen to marry and how those choices have changed, and evaluates how far the law has been help or hindrance in enabling couples to marry in ways that reflect their beliefs, be they religious or secular. In an era of individual choice and multiculturalism, Tying the Knot sign posts possible ways in which future legislators might avoid the pitfalls of the past.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Conception, design and implementation, 1819-1837
- 3. Reactions to the Act, 1837-1854
- 4. Amendments enacted and reform deferred, 1855-1872
- 5. Differences, divisions, and dispensing with the registrar, 1873-1899
- 6. Competing conceptions of marriage, 1900-1919
- 7. Consolidating complexity, 1920-1949
- 8. Convergence? 1950-1993
- 9. The rise of the wedding, 1994-2020
- 10. The legacy of the past and lessons for the future.
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