The great catastrophe of my life: divorce in the Old Dominion
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Main Author: Buckley, Thomas E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2002
Series:Studies in legal history
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Item Description:"Published ... in association with the American Society for Legal History"--Series t.p
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-332) and index
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Petitions; I. Contexts; II. Causes; III. Consequences; Epilogue: Petitioners; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
From the end of the Revolution until 1851, Virginia legislature turned down two-thirds of all petitions for divorce. Men and women faced a harsh legal system. In this book, Thomas Buckley explores the lives and legal struggles of those who challenged it
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 346 p.)
ISBN:0807861480
9780807861486

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