Informal Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law, 1750-1989

Abstract

Family and marriage in the mid 18th century - the family, marriage law, marriage in practice Lord Hardwicke's Act 1753, the landed embrace the loaded - structural changes in economy and marriage, clandestine marriage, the law-makers marriage and the law 1754-1927, the state retreats? - the Civil Marriage Act 1836, informal marriage 1836-1927 welfare, affluence and the family since 1945 - welfare, affluence, the family the new family law - post-war family law, a conventional view, an alternative view, the functions of the new family law, cohabitation law.

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