ISBN:
9781442676060
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (335 pages)
Series Statement:
Social History of Canada 45
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.890971
Keywords:
Divorce History 20th century
;
Divorce Law and legislation 20th century
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Divorce ; Law and legislation ; Canada ; History ; 20th century
;
Divorce ; Canada ; History ; 20th century
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
These 'pioneer' divorces led the way in creating a modern Canadian divorce system, based on consensual dissolution of marriage and relying on the courts less for arbitration between contending parties than for endorsement of a privately determined pact.
Abstract:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1: The Divorce Environment -- 2 The Family and Canadian Public Culture -- 3 Divorce Legislation: Resistance to Change -- 4 The Judiciary: An Ideology Confirmed -- 5 The Role of the State -- Part 2: Divorce Behaviour -- 6 The Demography of Marriage and Divorce -- 7 The Role of Gender -- 8 Making the Divorce Process Work -- 9 Divorce outside the System -- 10 Conclusion -- APPENDIX: Social Class and Occupation -- A NOTE ON SOURCES -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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