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Tying the Knot: The Formation of Marriage 1836–2020

Tying the Knot: The Formation of Marriage 1836–2020

Name: Tying the Knot: The Formation of Marriage 1836–2020
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108999830
Price: 315.25 HKD
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Author: Rebecca Probert
ISBN: 9781108999830

By Rebecca Probert

Cambridge University Press April 2023

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ISBN-13: 9781108999830
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: April 2023
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

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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