
Breach of Promise to Marry
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Content
- Intro
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Discrimination and Diversities: The Development of Breach of Promise 1780-1815
- 2. Artful and Abandoned Hussies: The Heyday of Breach of Promise 1816-1869
- 3. A Substitute for a Shotgun? The Decline of Breach of Promise 1870-1970
- 4. All the World's a Stage: The Legal System and Breach of Promise
- 5. Escaping from the Spider's Web: Defences to Claims for Breach of Promise
- 6. Proverbial for their Extravagance: Damages paid for Breach of Promise
- 7. The Court of Public Opinion: Women who failed with Breach of Promise Claims
- 8. Debt, Despair, Divorce and Death: The Dark Side of Breach of Promise
- 9. The Real Miss Havishams: The Myths and Realities of Breach of Promise
- 10. In Want of a Wife? Breach of Promise Cases pursued by Men
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Notes for Family Historians
- Appendix 2: Notes for Researchers
- Appendix 3: Money Matters
- Appendix 4: List of Cases
- Appendix 5: Glossary of Legal Terms
- Bibliography and Sources
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