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 Theory3-32

I.Statement of the Theory9-13

II.Criticism of the Theory by Spencer and McLennan14-17

III.The Theory in the Light of Recent Research18-32

Chapter II.Theory of the Horde and Mother-Right33-89

I.Bachofen and His Disciples39-65

II.Morgan's Constructive Theory65-76

III.McLennan's Constructive Theory77-89

Chapter III.Theory of the Original Pairing or Monogamous Family89-151

I.The Problem of Promiscuity90-110

II.The Problem of Mother-Right110-117

III.The Problem of Exogamy117-132

IV.The Problem of the Successive Forms of the Family132-151

Chapter IV.Rise of the Marriage Contract152-223

I.Wife-Capture and the Symbol of Rape156-179

II.Wife-Purchase and Its Survival in the Marriage Ceremony179-201

III.The Antiquity of Self-Betrothal or Free Marriage201-210

IV.Primitive Free Marriage Surviving with Purchase, and the Decay of the Purchase-Contract210-223

Chapter V.Early History of Divorce224-250

I.The Right of Divorce224-240

II.The Form of Divorce240-241

III.The Legal Effects of Divorce241-247

IV.Frequency of Divorce247-250

PART II

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND

Chapter VI.Old English Wife-Purchase Yields to Free Marriage253-286

I.The Primitive Real Contract of Sale and Its Modifications258-276

II.Rise of Free Marriage: Self-Beweddung and Self-Gifta276-286

Chapter VII.Rise of Ecclesiastical Marriage: The Church Accepts the Lay Contract and Ceremonial287-320

I.The Primitive Christian Benediction, the Bride-Mass, and the Celebration ad Ostium Ecclesiae291-308

II.The Priest Supersedes the Chosen Guardian, and Sponsalia per Verba de Praesenti Are Valid308-320

Chapter VIII.Rise of Ecclesiastical Marriage: The Church Develops and Administers Matrimonial Law321-363

I.The Early Christian Doctrine and the Rise of the Canonical Theory324-340

II.Clandestine Marriages the Fruit of the Canonical Theory340-349

III.The Evils of the Spiritual Jurisdiction351-359

IV.Publicity Sought through Banns and Registration359-363

Chapter IX.The Protestant Conception of Marriage364-403

I.As to the Form of Marriage370-386

II.As to the Nature of Marriage386-399

III.Child-Marriages in the Age of Elizabeth399-403

Chapter X.Rise of Civil Marriage404-473

I.Cromwell's Civil Marriage Act, 1653408-435

II.Fleet Marriages and the Hardwicke Act, 1753435-460

III.The Present English Law460-473

VOLUME TWO

PART II—Continued

Chapter XI. History of Separation and Divorce under English and Ecclesiastical Law3-117

I. The Early Christian Doctrine and the Theory of the Canon Law11-60

a) Historical Elements of the Christian Teaching11-23

b) Views of the Early Fathers23-28

c) The Legislation of the Christian Emperors28-33

d) The Compromise with German Custom33-46

e) Final Settlement of the Christian Doctrine in the Canon Law47-60

II. The Protestant Doctrine of Divorce60-85

a) Opinions of Luther and the Continental Reformers60-71

b) Opinions of the English Reformers71-85

III. Law and Theory during Three Centuries85-117

a) The Views of Milton85-92

b) Void and Voidable Contracts92-102

c) Parliamentary Divorce102-109

d) The Present English Law109-117

PART III

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

Chapter XII. Obligatory Civil Marriage in the New England Colonies121-226

I. The Magistrate Supersedes the Priest at the Nuptials125-143

II. Banns, Consent, and Registration143-151

III. Courtship, Proposals, and Government of Single Persons152-169

IV. Pre-contracts, Bundling, and Sexual Immorality169-200

V. Breach of Promise and Marriage Portions200-209

VI. Self-Gifta, Clandestine Contracts, and Forbidden Degrees209-215

VII. Slave-Marriages215-226

Chapter XIII. Ecclesiastical Rites and the Rise of Civil Marriage in the Southern Colonies227-263

I. The Religious Ceremony and Lay Administration in Virginia228-239

II. Optional Civil Marriage and the Rise of Obligatory Religious Celebration in Maryland239-247

III. The Struggle for Civil Marriage and Free Religious Celebration in North Carolina247-259

IV. Episcopal Rites by Law and Free Civil or Religious Celebration by Custom in South Carolina and Georgia260-263

Chapter XIV. Optional Civil or Ecclesiastical Marriage in the Middle Colonies264-327

I. New York266-308

a) Law and Custom in New Netherland267-284

b) Law and Custom under the Duke of York284-296

c) Law and Custom in the Royal Province296-308

II. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware308-327

a) Law and Custom in New Jersey308-315

b) Law and Custom in Pennsylvania and Delaware315-327

Chapter XV. Divorce in the American Colonies328-387

I. In New England330-366

a) Massachusetts330-348

b) New Hampshire, Plymouth, and New Haven348-353

c) Connecticut353-360

d) Rhode Island360-366

II. English Divorce Laws in Abeyance in the Southern Colonies366-376

Arbitration and Divorce in the Middle Colonies376-387

Chapter XVI. A Century and a Quarter of Marriage Legislation in the United States, 1776-1903388-497

I. The New England States388-408

a) Solemnization389-395

b) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages395-401

c) Certificate and Record401-408

II. The Southern and Southwestern States408-452

a) Solemnization409-427

b) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages427-441

c) Certificate and Record441-452

III. The Middle and the Western States452-497

a) Solemnization452-470

b) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages470-481

c) Certificate and Record481-497

VOLUME THREE

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 I ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS