The office of H M Proctor, a curious aspect of English divorce procedure, investigated divorce cases based on collusion between the spouses and divorce cases brought by spouses whose own misconduct disqualified them from the right to divorce. On the basis of evidence provided by the proctor's intervention into divorce suits, the divorce court had the power to rescind divorce decrees improperly obtained. This essay describes the origins of this legal institution and delineates its impact on divorce during the Victorian period. The analysis considers the growing criticism of the proctor's powers during the first four decades of the twentieth century. English divorce law was originally intended to buttress both the power of the husband within ...
When most people consider the lives of women in the Victorian age in Great Britain, a period which c...
The article examines the nature of marriage and the expectations of husbands and wives in nineteenth...
The Royal Commissions on the Laws of Marriage and Divorce, 1850-1853 and 1909-1912, are the foundati...
The essay is a study of divorce in England in the Modern Period, with particular reference to parlia...
The paper concerns divorce in England in the Modern Period, with particular reference to parliamenta...
Historians of Anglo-American family law consider 1857 as a turning point in the development of moder...
Historians of Anglo-American family law consider 1857 as a turning point in the development of moder...
In 1857 Parliament finally succumbed to public and political pressure and passed a bill creating a d...
Dissertação de mestrado em Língua, Literatura e Cultura InglesasThis thesis considers issues regardi...
From 1857 (the year of its foundation) to 1923 (the year of the Matrimonial Causes Act) the Divorce ...
This article examines the life circumstances of the mid-Victorian women who petitioned for dissoluti...
The matrimonial affairs of the royal family have always been both a matter of State and a source of...
From 1857 (the year of its foundation) to 1923 (the year of the Matrimonial Causes Act) the Divorce ...
This is the author accepted manuscriptWhat was the extent of marital breakdown and separation in a s...
In this co-winner of the Tatom Award, Julian Barr uses an 1865 divorce case to explore the ways wome...
When most people consider the lives of women in the Victorian age in Great Britain, a period which c...
The article examines the nature of marriage and the expectations of husbands and wives in nineteenth...
The Royal Commissions on the Laws of Marriage and Divorce, 1850-1853 and 1909-1912, are the foundati...
The essay is a study of divorce in England in the Modern Period, with particular reference to parlia...
The paper concerns divorce in England in the Modern Period, with particular reference to parliamenta...
Historians of Anglo-American family law consider 1857 as a turning point in the development of moder...
Historians of Anglo-American family law consider 1857 as a turning point in the development of moder...
In 1857 Parliament finally succumbed to public and political pressure and passed a bill creating a d...
Dissertação de mestrado em Língua, Literatura e Cultura InglesasThis thesis considers issues regardi...
From 1857 (the year of its foundation) to 1923 (the year of the Matrimonial Causes Act) the Divorce ...
This article examines the life circumstances of the mid-Victorian women who petitioned for dissoluti...
The matrimonial affairs of the royal family have always been both a matter of State and a source of...
From 1857 (the year of its foundation) to 1923 (the year of the Matrimonial Causes Act) the Divorce ...
This is the author accepted manuscriptWhat was the extent of marital breakdown and separation in a s...
In this co-winner of the Tatom Award, Julian Barr uses an 1865 divorce case to explore the ways wome...
When most people consider the lives of women in the Victorian age in Great Britain, a period which c...
The article examines the nature of marriage and the expectations of husbands and wives in nineteenth...
The Royal Commissions on the Laws of Marriage and Divorce, 1850-1853 and 1909-1912, are the foundati...