Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. Miscreant Women and Male Divorce: Family Discord Before 1805 18
5. 3. Political Reform and Family Law at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century 39
6. 4. Religious and Political Maneuvering: The Disappearance of A Vinculo Divorce, 1816—1825 56
7. 5. The State of Divorce Law in 1825: The Import of Sarah and Charles Warfield's Saga 74
8. 6. The Revival of A Vinculo Divorce and a Child Custody Twist, 1826—1836 85
9. 7. The Arrival of Judicial Divorce, 1837-1841 109
10. 8. The Demise of Legislative Divorce 132
11. 9. Epilogue: The Long-Term Impact of the Legislative Divorce Process 159
12. Appendices
13. Appendix 1: Tables 163
14. Appendix 2: Process Proposals, General Bill Proposals, and Statutes 179
15. Appendix 3: The Warfield v. Warfield and Thomas v. Thomas Pamphlets 191
16. Bibliography 223
17. Index 229
18. Backmatter 235