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

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PART III—Continued

Chapter XVII. A Century and a Quarter of Divorce Legislation in the United States3-160
I. The New England States3-30
a) Jurisdiction: Causes and Kinds of Divorce4-18
b) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions18-28
c) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children28-30
II. The Southern and Southwestern States31-95
a) Legislative Divorce31-50
b) Judicial Divorce: Jurisdiction, Kinds, and Causes50-79
c) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions79-90
d) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children90-95
III. The Middle and the Western States96-160
a) Legislative Divorce96-101
b) Judicial Divorce: Jurisdiction, Kinds, and Causes101-144
c) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions145-160
Chapter XVIII. Problems of Marriage and the Family161-259
I. The Function of Legislation167-223
a) The Statutes and the Common-Law Marriage170-185
b) Resulting Character of Matrimonial Legislation185-203
c) Resulting Character of Divorce Legislation203-223
II. The Function of Education223-259
Bibliographical Index263-402
I. Early History of Matrimonial Institutions264-291
II. Matrimonial Institutions in England and under Germanic and Canon Law291-339
III. Matrimonial Institutions in the United States339-355
a) Manuscripts339-340
b) Books and Articles340-355
IV. Problems of Marriage and the Family355-396
V. Session Laws and Collected Statutes Used in Chapters XVI-XVIII396-402
Case Index405-411
Subject Index413-449

PART II

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND
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