Fifty years of the Divorce Reform Act 1969. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Joanna Miles, Daniel Monk, and Rebecca Probert.
• Editors: Miles, Joanna; Monk, Daniel; Probert, Rebecca
• Contents: Foreword Lady Hale PART ONEINTRODUCTION1. 'Irretrievably Broken'? Introducing the Life-Story of the Divorce Reform Act 1969 Joanna Miles, Daniel Monk and Rebecca Probert2. Divorces by Fact Proven Over the Past Half Century in England and Wales: The Historical Context, Statistical Trends and Future Prospects John Haskey PART TWOBACKGROUND3. Dynamic Impasse: Divorce and British Film in the Mid-Twentieth Century James Brown4. Feminism, Property and Divorce Law Reform in the 1960s Rosemary Auchmuty5. Putting Asunder – Reappraised Rosie Sinclair6. Behind Casanova's Charter: Edith Summerskill, Divorce and the Deserted Wife Sharon Thompson PART THREETELLING STORIES ABOUT DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE7. Divorced from Reality? Literary Depictions of the Legal Process for Ending a Marriage, 1971–2021 Rebecca Probert8. Judging Matrimonial Behaviour Joanna Miles9. Telling Tales? Establishing Irretrievable Breakdown under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 Liz Trinder10. Royal Divorces and the Remaking of Marriage and Monarchy Daniel Monk PART FOURCONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES11. Divorced from Human Rights? English Divorce Law under Human Rights Scrutiny Carmen Draghici12. British Muslim Communities, Islamic Divorce and English Family Law Samia Bano13. Dissolution, Divorce and Changing Practices of Commitment Brian Heaphy and James HodgsonAfterword John Eekelaar.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 346.410166; Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History; Law reform -- Great Britain -- History; Domestic relations -- Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509947898; 9781509947904
• Related ISBNs: 9781509947881
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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