ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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