The Church of England and Divorce in the Twentieth Century
The Church of England and Divorce in the Twentieth Century

Author: Ann Sumner Holmes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1315408481

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Attitudes towards divorce have changed considerably over the past two centuries. As society has moved away from a Biblical definition of marriage as an indissoluble union, to that of an individual and personal relationship, secular laws have evolved as well. Using unpublished sources and previously inaccessible private collections, Holmes explores the significant role the Church of England has played in these changes, as well as the impact this has had on ecclesiastical policies. This timely study will be relevant to ongoing debates about the meaning and nature of marriage, including the theological doctrines and ecclesiastical policies underlying current debates on same-sex marriage.

The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century
The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Daniel Duman

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-03

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1000856690

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The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century (1983) explores the impact of a changing society on the legal profession. Of central concern is the practising bar of England and Wales and its evolution from a small, highly centralised profession to a mass body that had lost much of its corporate unity. This study also examines the role of the inns of court as forging members of the governing elite and looks at the participation of barristers in the world of business, as well as considering the structure of the colonial legal profession.

Family Law in the Twentieth Century
Family Law in the Twentieth Century

Author: Stephen Michael Cretney

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 984

ISBN-13: 9780198268994

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The law governing family relationships has changed dramatically in the course of the 20th century and this book - drawing extensively on both published and archival material and on legal as well as other sources - gives an account of the processes and problems of reform.