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Law and the Family in Ireland, 1800–1950

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Authors:
  1. Niamh Howlin

    1. School of Law, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  2. Kevin Costello

    1. School of Law, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Systematic examination of legal institutions and norms in regulating family life and personal relationships in a historical context with regard to Ireland
  • Investigates the complex relationship between legal rules, accepted social practice and economic necessity, making it an original contribution to knowledge
  • Contributors from the fields of history, law and social science, making it truly interdisciplinary
  • Covers all major themes in the legal history of family law in Ireland

Part of the book series: Palgrave Modern Legal History (PMLH)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello
    Pages 1-6

  3. Marriage Breakdown in Ireland, c. 1660–1857

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Mary O’Dowd
    Pages 7-23

  4. The Comeback of the Medieval Marriage Per Verba de Praesenti in Nineteenth-Century Bigamy Cases

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Maebh Harding
    Pages 24-43

  5. The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Michael Sinnott
    Pages 44-65

  6. Married Women’s Property in Ireland, 1800–1900

    • Kevin Costello
    Pages 66-86

  7. Adultery in the Courts: Damages for Criminal Conversation in Ireland

    • Niamh Howlin
    Pages 87-106

  8. ‘Divorce Irish style’: Marriage Dissolution in Ireland, 1850–19501

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Diane Urquhart
    Pages 107-124

  9. Class, Criminality and Marriage Breakdown in Post-Independence Ireland

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Deirdre McGowan
    Pages 125-141

  10. ‘Behind Closed Doors’: Society, Law and Familial Violence in Ireland, 1922–1990

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Lindsey Earner-Byrne
    Pages 142-159

  11. Murder in the Irish Family, 1930–1945

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Karen Brennan
    Pages 160-180

  12. Interrogating the Charge of Concealment of Birth in Nineteenth-Century Irish Courts

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Elaine Farrell
    Pages 181-194

  13. The Fate of the ‘Illegitimate’ Child: An Analysis of Irish Social Policy, 1750–1952

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Simone McCaughren, Fred Powell
    Pages 195-213

  14. Embedding the Family in the Irish Constitution

    • Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello, Thomas Mohr
    Pages 214-237

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 238-272
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About this book

This multi-disciplinary study considers the intersection between law and family life in Ireland from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Setting the law in its wider social historical context it traces marriage from its formation through to its breakdown. It considers the impact of the law on such issues as adultery, divorce, broken engagements, marriage settlements, pregnancy, adoption, property, domestic violence, concealment of birth and inter-family homicide, as well as the historical origins of the Constitutional protection of the family. An underlying theme is the way in which the law of the family in Ireland differed from the law of the family in England.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Law, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello

About the authors

Niamh Howlin is a Lecturer at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland
Kevin Costello is a Senior Lecturer at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Law and the Family in Ireland, 1800–1950

  • Authors: Niamh Howlin, Kevin Costello

  • Series Title: Palgrave Modern Legal History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60636-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Editorial selection and matter Niamh Howlin and Kevin Costellon individual chapters their individual authors 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60638-9Published: 21 June 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60635-8Published: 21 June 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60636-5Published: 16 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2947-6186

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-6194

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 274

  • Topics: Legal History, History of Britain and Ireland, Socio-legal Studies

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