Road to Divorce : England 1530-1987 (Hardcover)

List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; General introduction; The law and custom of marriage; Contract marriage; From the Marriage Act of 1753 to 1868; Part II: The breaking of marriage: Desertion, elopement, and wife-sale; Private separation; Judicial separation; The action for criminal conversation; Parliamentary divorce; Divorce reform proposals 1604-1850; The passage to the Divorce Reform Act; Epilogue: The century of divorce law; Appendix: A list of pamphlets concerning the Marriage Act of 1753; Tables; Index