Law and the Family in Ireland, 1800–1950

<p>1. Introduction; Niamh Howlin and Kevin Costello.- 2.&nbsp;Marriage Breakdown in Ireland, c. 1660-1857; Mary O'Dowd.- 3.&nbsp;The comeback of the medieval marriage&nbsp;per verba de praesenti&nbsp;in 19th century bigamy cases; Maebh Harding.- 4.&nbsp;The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage in Nineteenth Century Ireland;&nbsp;Michael Sinnott.-&nbsp;5.&nbsp;Married Women's Property in Ireland 1800-1900;&nbsp;Kevin Costello.-&nbsp;6.&nbsp;Adultery in the Courts: Damages for Criminal Conversation in Ireland;&nbsp;Niamh Howlin.-&nbsp;7.&nbsp;‘Divorce Irish style’: Marriage dissolution in Ireland, 1850-1950;&nbsp;Diane Urquart.- 8.&nbsp;Class, Criminality and Marriage Breakdown in Post-Independence Ireland;&nbsp;Deirdre McGowan.- 9.&nbsp;'Behind closed doors': Society, Law and familial violence in Ireland, 1922-1990;&nbsp;Lindsey Earner-Byrne.- 10.&nbsp;Murder in the Irish Family, 1930-1950;&nbsp;Karen Brennan.- 11.&nbsp;Interrogating the Charge Concealment of Birth in Nineteenth Century Irish courts;&nbsp;Elaine Farrell.- 12.&nbsp;The Fate of the ‘Illegitimate’ Child: An Analysis of Irish Social Policy in the Period: 1750-1952;&nbsp;Simone McCoughren and Fred Powell.- 13.&nbsp;Embedding the Family in the Irish Constitution; Thomas Mohr.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>