
Foreword / Lady Hale -- PART ONE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. 'Irretrievably Broken'? Introducing the Life-Story of the Divorce Reform Act 1969 / Joanna Miles, Daniel Monk and Rebecca Probert -- 2. Divorces by Fact Proven Over the Past Half Century in England and Wales: The Historical Context, Statistical Trends and Future Prospects / John Haskey -- PART TWO -- BACKGROUND -- 3. Dynamic Impasse: Divorce and British Film in the Mid-Twentieth Century / James Brown -- 4. Feminism, Property and Divorce Law Reform in the 1960s / Rosemary Auchmuty -- 5. Putting Asunder - Reappraised / Rosie Sinclair -- 6. Behind Casanova's Charter: Edith Summerskill, Divorce and the Deserted Wife / Sharon Thompson -- PART THREE -- TELLING STORIES ABOUT DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE -- 7. Divorced from Reality? Literary Depictions of the Legal Process for Ending a Marriage, 1971-2021 / Rebecca Probert -- 8. Judging Matrimonial Behaviour / Joanna Miles -- 9. Telling Tales? Establishing Irretrievable Breakdown under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 / Liz Trinder -- 10. Royal Divorces and the Remaking of Marriage and Monarchy / Daniel Monk -- PART FOUR -- CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES -- 11. Divorced from Human Rights? English Divorce Law under Human Rights Scrutiny / Carmen Draghici -- 12. British Muslim Communities, Islamic Divorce and English Family Law / Samia Bano -- 13. Dissolution, Divorce and Changing Practices of Commitment / Brian Heaphy and James Hodgson -- Afterword / John Eekelaar.
Page Count:
352
Publication Date:
2022-01-01
ISBN-10:
1509947914
ISBN-13:
9781509947911
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