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Author:   Niamh Howlin ,  Kevin Costello
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.394kg
ISBN:  

9781137606358

ISBN 10:   1137606355
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   21 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Niamh Howlin and Kevin Costello.- 2. Marriage Breakdown in Ireland, c. 1660-1857; Mary O'Dowd.- 3. The comeback of the medieval marriage per verba de praesenti in 19th century bigamy cases; Maebh Harding.- 4. The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage in Nineteenth Century Ireland; Michael Sinnott.- 5. Married Women's Property in Ireland 1800-1900; Kevin Costello.- 6. Adultery in the Courts: Damages for Criminal Conversation in Ireland; Niamh Howlin.- 7. ‘Divorce Irish style’: Marriage dissolution in Ireland, 1850-1950; Diane Urquart.- 8. Class, Criminality and Marriage Breakdown in Post-Independence Ireland; Deirdre McGowan.- 9. 'Behind closed doors': Society, Law and familial violence in Ireland, 1922-1990; Lindsey Earner-Byrne.- 10. Murder in the Irish Family, 1930-1950; Karen Brennan.- 11. Interrogating the Charge Concealment of Birth in Nineteenth Century Irish courts; Elaine Farrell.- 12. The Fate of the ‘Illegitimate’ Child: An Analysis of Irish Social Policy in the Period: 1750-1952; Simone McCoughren and Fred Powell.- 13. Embedding the Family in the Irish Constitution; Thomas Mohr.

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Niamh Howlin is a Lecturer at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland Kevin Costello is a Senior Lecturer at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland

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