The great catastrophe of my life : divorce in the Old Dominion / Thomas E. Buckley.
From the end of the Revolution until 1851, Virginia legislature turned down two-thirds of all petitions for divorce. Men and women faced a harsh legal system. In this book, Thomas Buckley explores the lives and legal struggles of those who challenged it.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill ; London :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2002]
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| Series: | Studies in legal history.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | From the end of the Revolution until 1851, Virginia legislature turned down two-thirds of all petitions for divorce. Men and women faced a harsh legal system. In this book, Thomas Buckley explores the lives and legal struggles of those who challenged it. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807861480 9780807861486 9780807827123 0807827126 9780807853801 0807853801 |