Note 1412 — Chapter X · RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE

Cf. Hammick, Marriage Law, 13. Compare Sayer, A Vindication of the Power of Society to annull the Marriages of Minors (1754), 2 ff., who answers the arguments of Stebbing in the works mentioned in Bibliographical Note X. This is important in tracing the rise of sound opinions regarding the proper sphere of social control; and with it may be read to advantage Salmon, Critical Essay Concerning Marriage, 59 ff. On the ecclesiastical law as to consent to the marriage of minors see Poynter, Doctrine and Practice of the Ecc. Courts, 29 ff.; and in this connection may also be read Cooke, Report of the Case of Horner against Liddiard upon ... Consent nec. to the mar. of illegit. Minors (London, 1800).