ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
PART I
ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS
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| Chapter I. | The Patriarchal Theory | 3-32 |
| I. | Statement of the Theory | 9-13 |
| II. | Criticism of the Theory by Spencer and McLennan | 14-17 |
| III. | The Theory in the Light of Recent Research | 18-32 |
| Chapter II. | Theory of the Horde and Mother-Right | 33-89 |
| I. | Bachofen and His Disciples | 39-65 |
| II. | Morgan's Constructive Theory | 65-76 |
| III. | McLennan's Constructive Theory | 77-89 |
| Chapter III. | Theory of the Original Pairing or Monogamous Family | 89-151 |
| I. | The Problem of Promiscuity | 90-110 |
| II. | The Problem of Mother-Right | 110-117 |
| III. | The Problem of Exogamy | 117-132 |
| IV. | The Problem of the Successive Forms of the Family | 132-151 |
| Chapter IV. | Rise of the Marriage Contract | 152-223 |
| I. | Wife-Capture and the Symbol of Rape | 156-179 |
| II. | Wife-Purchase and Its Survival in the Marriage Ceremony | 179-201 |
| III. | The Antiquity of Self-Betrothal or Free Marriage | 201-210 |
| IV. | Primitive Free Marriage Surviving with Purchase, and the Decay of the Purchase-Contract | 210-223 |
| Chapter V. | Early History of Divorce | 224-250 |
| I. | The Right of Divorce | 224-240 |
| II. | The Form of Divorce | 240-241 |
| III. | The Legal Effects of Divorce | 241-247 |
| IV. | Frequency of Divorce | 247-250 |
PART II
MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND
| Chapter VI. | Old English Wife-Purchase Yields to Free Marriage | 253-286 |
| I. | The Primitive Real Contract of Sale and Its Modifications | 258-276 |
| II. | Rise of Free Marriage: Self-Beweddung and Self-Gifta | 276-286 |
| Chapter VII. | Rise of Ecclesiastical Marriage: The Church Accepts the Lay Contract and Ceremonial | 287-320 |
| I. | The Primitive Christian Benediction, the Bride-Mass, and the Celebration ad Ostium Ecclesiae | 291-308 |
| II. | The Priest Supersedes the Chosen Guardian, and Sponsalia per Verba de Praesenti Are Valid | 308-320 |
| Chapter VIII. | Rise of Ecclesiastical Marriage: The Church Develops and Administers Matrimonial Law | 321-363 |
| I. | The Early Christian Doctrine and the Rise of the Canonical Theory | 324-340 |
| II. | Clandestine Marriages the Fruit of the Canonical Theory | 340-349 |
| III. | The Evils of the Spiritual Jurisdiction | 351-359 |
| IV. | Publicity Sought through Banns and Registration | 359-363 |
| Chapter IX. | The Protestant Conception of Marriage | 364-403 |
| I. | As to the Form of Marriage | 370-386 |
| II. | As to the Nature of Marriage | 386-399 |
| III. | Child-Marriages in the Age of Elizabeth | 399-403 |
| Chapter X. | Rise of Civil Marriage | 404-473 |
| I. | Cromwell's Civil Marriage Act, 1653 | 408-435 |
| II. | Fleet Marriages and the Hardwicke Act, 1753 | 435-460 |
| III. | The Present English Law | 460-473 |
VOLUME TWO
PART II—Continued
| Chapter XI. History of Separation and Divorce under English and Ecclesiastical Law | [3]-117 |
| I. The Early Christian Doctrine and the Theory of the Canon Law | [11]-60 |
| a) Historical Elements of the Christian Teaching | [11]-23 |
| b) Views of the Early Fathers | [23]-28 |
| c) The Legislation of the Christian Emperors | [28]-33 |
| d) The Compromise with German Custom | [33]-46 |
| e) Final Settlement of the Christian Doctrine in the Canon Law | [47]-60 |
| II. The Protestant Doctrine of Divorce | [60]-85 |
| a) Opinions of Luther and the Continental Reformers | [60]-71 |
| b) Opinions of the English Reformers | [71]-85 |
| III. Law and Theory during Three Centuries | [85]-117 |
| a) The Views of Milton | [85]-92 |
| b) Void and Voidable Contracts | [92]-102 |
| c) Parliamentary Divorce | [102]-109 |
| d) The Present English Law | [109]-117 |
PART III
MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
| Chapter XII. Obligatory Civil Marriage in the New England Colonies | [121]-226 |
| I. The Magistrate Supersedes the Priest at the Nuptials | [125]-143 |
| II. Banns, Consent, and Registration | [143]-151 |
| III. Courtship, Proposals, and Government of Single Persons | [152]-169 |
| IV. Pre-contracts, Bundling, and Sexual Immorality | [169]-200 |
| V. Breach of Promise and Marriage Portions | [200]-209 |
| VI. Self-Gifta, Clandestine Contracts, and Forbidden Degrees | [209]-215 |
| VII. Slave-Marriages | [215]-226 |
| Chapter XIII. Ecclesiastical Rites and the Rise of Civil Marriage in the Southern Colonies | [227]-263 |
| I. The Religious Ceremony and Lay Administration in Virginia | [228]-239 |
| II. Optional Civil Marriage and the Rise of Obligatory Religious Celebration in Maryland | [239]-247 |
| III. The Struggle for Civil Marriage and Free Religious Celebration in North Carolina | [247]-259 |
| IV. Episcopal Rites by Law and Free Civil or Religious Celebration by Custom in South Carolina and Georgia | [260]-263 |
| Chapter XIV. Optional Civil or Ecclesiastical Marriage in the Middle Colonies | [264]-327 |
| I. New York | [266]-308 |
| a) Law and Custom in New Netherland | [267]-284 |
| b) Law and Custom under the Duke of York | [284]-296 |
| c) Law and Custom in the Royal Province | [296]-308 |
| II. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware | [308]-327 |
| a) Law and Custom in New Jersey | [308]-315 |
| b) Law and Custom in Pennsylvania and Delaware | [315]-327 |
| Chapter XV. Divorce in the American Colonies | [328]-387 |
| I. In New England | [330]-366 |
| a) Massachusetts | [330]-348 |
| b) New Hampshire, Plymouth, and New Haven | [348]-353 |
| c) Connecticut | [353]-360 |
| d) Rhode Island | [360]-366 |
| II. English Divorce Laws in Abeyance in the Southern Colonies | [366]-376 |
| Arbitration and Divorce in the Middle Colonies | [376]-387 |
| Chapter XVI. A Century and a Quarter of Marriage Legislation in the United States, 1776-1903 | [388]-497 |
| I. The New England States | [388]-408 |
| a) Solemnization | [389]-395 |
| b) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages | [395]-401 |
| c) Certificate and Record | [401]-408 |
| II. The Southern and Southwestern States | [408]-452 |
| a) Solemnization | [409]-427 |
| b) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages | [427]-441 |
| c) Certificate and Record | [441]-452 |
| III. The Middle and the Western States | [452]-497 |
| a) Solemnization | [452]-470 |
| b) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages | [470]-481 |
| c) Certificate and Record | [481]-497 |
PART III—Continued
| Chapter XVII. A Century and a Quarter of Divorce Legislation in the United States | 3-160 |
| I. The New England States | 3-30 |
| a) Jurisdiction: Causes and Kinds of Divorce | 4-18 |
| b) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions | 18-28 |
| c) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children | 28-30 |
| II. The Southern and Southwestern States | 31-95 |
| a) Legislative Divorce | 31-50 |
| b) Judicial Divorce: Jurisdiction, Kinds, and Causes | 50-79 |
| c) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions | 79-90 |
| d) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children | 90-95 |
| III. The Middle and the Western States | 96-160 |
| a) Legislative Divorce | 96-101 |
| b) Judicial Divorce: Jurisdiction, Kinds, and Causes | 101-144 |
| c) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions | 145-160 |
| Chapter XVIII. Problems of Marriage and the Family | 161-259 |
| I. The Function of Legislation | 167-223 |
| a) The Statutes and the Common-Law Marriage | 170-185 |
| b) Resulting Character of Matrimonial Legislation | 185-203 |
| c) Resulting Character of Divorce Legislation | 203-223 |
| II. The Function of Education | 223-259 |
| Bibliographical Index | 263-402 |
| I. Early History of Matrimonial Institutions | 264-291 |
| II. Matrimonial Institutions in England and under Germanic and Canon Law | 291-339 |
| III. Matrimonial Institutions in the United States | 339-355 |
| a) Manuscripts | 339-340 |
| b) Books and Articles | 340-355 |
| IV. Problems of Marriage and the Family | 355-396 |
| V. Session Laws and Collected Statutes Used in Chapters XVI-XVIII | 396-402 |
| Case Index | 405-411 |
| Subject Index | 413-449 |