Colin Gibson, Colin Gibson

Dissolving Wedlock (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The divorce rate has been rising significantly throughout the twentieth century. By interweaving the historical, demographic, sociological, legal, political and policy aspects of this increase, Colin Gibson explores the effects it has had on family patterns and habits. Dissolving Wedlock presents a multi-disciplinary examination of all the socio-legal consequences of family breakdown.
Dissolving Wedlock will be invaluable reading to all lecturers and students of social policy, sociology and social work as well as to professionals and lawyers working in the field of divorce.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134968282
• Artikelnr.: 42830044

Autorenporträt

Dr Colin Gibson, Colin Gibson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Part I Before Civil Divorce 1. Ecclesiastical
influence and jurisdiction in matrimonial matters 2. Decline of the
ecclesiastical courts 3. Parliamentary divorce 4. The coming of judicial
divorce Part II Divorce or Separation 5. Constraints of poverty and gender
6. Between the Wars 7. From matrimonial offence to irretrievable breakdown
Part III Marriage Patterns in the Twentieth Century 8. Changing family
patterns 9. The resort to divorce: the social evidence 10. The
reconstituted family Part IV Marriage Breakdown Today 11. Divorce: the
legal evidence 12. Family breakdown, protection and the law 13. Accounting
for family support 14. Marriage breakdown in the 1990s Notes Bibliography
Name index Subject index