Private acts in public places: a social history of divorce in the formative era of American family law
In Private Acts in Public Places, Richard H. Chused examines more than thirteen hundred petitions for divorce in Maryland filed during the first half of the nineteenth century. By weaving together information on the legislative handling of these petitions, the voting patterns of state legislators, a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In Private Acts in Public Places, Richard H. Chused examines more than thirteen hundred petitions for divorce in Maryland filed during the first half of the nineteenth century. By weaving together information on the legislative handling of these petitions, the voting patterns of state legislators, and the judicial treatment of related disputes, Chused shows the connections between politics, regional differences, and the development of American family law. His analysis also provides valuable insights into the social history of the time, a period when traditional Southern family standards were at odds with the more modern values brought about by urbanization. Liberalization of divorce rules was sometimes frustrated by the religious beliefs of individual lawmakers and by legislative malapportionment. Conservative opposition was often strengthened by the politicians' reluctance to take bold public stands on divorce even as they quietly acceded to the pleas of individual constituents for relief from marital predicaments. Private Acts in Public Places describes how the structure of government and the nature of political institutions alter the contours of private life. It will be of interest to students and scholars of social, legal, and political history, family law, and women's studies. |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 234 S. |
| ISBN: | 081223202X |
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| adam_text | PRIVATE ACTS IN PUBLIC PLACES A SOCIAL HISTORY OF DIVORCE IN THE
FORMATIVE ERA OF AMERICAN FAMILY LAW RICHARD H. CHUSED UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA PRESS PHILADELPHIA CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION I 2. MISCREANT
WOMEN AND MALE DIVORCE: FAMILY DISCORD BEFORE 1805 18 INTRODUCTION 18
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES AND THE IMPACT OF CHANCERY COURTS 19 THE IMPACT OF
RACE ON EARLY LEGISLATIVE DIVORCE 22 THE MARRIAGE OF ELECTORAL AND
DIVORCE REFORM 23 PRE-1805 LEGISLATIVE DIVORCES 25 3. POLITICAL REFORM
AND FAMILY LAW AT THE TURN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 39 INTRODUCTION 39
LEGISLATIVE DIVORCE REFORM: CRUELTY AND MALE ADULTERY GROUNDS FOR
PRIVATE ACTS 42 RUMBLES OF DISCONTENT: LEGISLATIVE CONTROVERSY AND
SOCIAL DISCORD 47 EMERGENCE OF CHILDREN AS A FAMILY LAW CONSIDERATION 49
4. RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A VINCULO
DIVORCE, 1816*1825 56 THE RISE OF PARTIAL DIVORCE 56 PARTIAL DIVORCE AND
THE ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF MARRIAGE 63 CHILD CUSTODY 67 5. THE STATE OF
DIVORCE LAW IN 1825: THE IMPORT OF SARAH AND CHARLES WARFIELD S SAGA 74
VIII CONTENTS 6. THE REVIVAL OF A VINCULO DIVORCE AND A CHILD CUSTODY
TWIST, 1826-1836 85 INTRODUCTION 85 THE POLITICS OF DIVORCE 87 THE
CONTOURS OF DIVORCE 91 THE CONTOURS OF MARITAL PROPERTY RULES 94
CHILDREN AND DIVORCE 100 7. THE ARRIVAL OF JUDICIAL DIVORCE, 1837*1841
109 THE POLITICS OF GENERAL DIVORCE LEGISLATION 109 HISTORY OF EARLY
GENERAL DIVORCE BILLS 113 LINKS BETWEEN DIVORCE REFORM AND MARRIED
WOMEN S PROPERTY ACTS 121 CONCLUSION: LIBERALISM AND LEGISLATIVE
REFORM 123 8. THE DEMISE OF LEGISLATIVE DIVORCE 132 INTRODUCTION 132 THE
HIATUS IN ADOPTION OF PRIVATE BILLS 133 CONCURRENT JURISDICTION: FAMILY
LAW COMPLEXITIES AFTER RENEWAL OF THE PRIVATE BILL PROCESS 138 ALIMONY
AFTER MARRIED WOMEN S PROPERTY REFORMS 147 9. EPILOGUE: THE LONG-TERM
IMPACT OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIVORCE PROCESS 159 APPENDICES 1. TABLES 163
2. PROCESS PROPOSALS, GENERAL BILL PROPOSALS, AND STATUTES 179 3. THE
WATFIELD V. WATFIELD AND THOMAS V. THOMAS PAMPHLETS 191 BIBLIOGRAPHY 223
INDEX 229
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