The Family and the New Democracy; A Study in Social Hygiene (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE LAWS IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETY AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS Divorce in Primitive Society; the Form of Marriage and Its Effect on Divorce; Ancient Codes of Marriage and Divorce; (1) Stage of Evolution: Marriage and Divorce Laws of Ancient Civilizations; Marriage and Divorce among the Ancient Hebrews and the Mosiac Law; Marriage and Divorce among the Ancient Greeks; (2) Stage of Evolution of Marriage and Divorce Laws: Those of Ancient Rome; (3) Stage of Evolution of Marriage and Divorce Laws: Ecclesiastic and Canon Law; Rise of Ecclesiastic Marriage; Development of the Social Contract Theory; (4) Stage of Evolution of Marriage and Divorce Laws: The French Revolution of 1792 and the Civil Code of Napoleon; the Civil Code of Napoleon; the Reformation in England; Civil Marriage in New England. Man only is created in the image of God; therefore woman shall serve him and be his handmaid.?Canon Law. The Law of England regards marriage as a contract. It differs from other contracts in this, that the rights, obligations or duties arising from it are not left entirely to be regulated by the agreement of the parties, but are to a certain extent matters of municipal regulation, over which the parties have no control by any declaration of their will.?Lord Robertson. From the earliest period of the recorded history of England, it has always been the accepted doctrine that marriage as an institution is the keystone of the commonwealth; and the highest expression of morality.?Lord Bhyce. Divorce in Primitive Society.?Divorce is a social phenomenon almost as old as marriage, and as its counterpart cannot be considered separately. In the prelegal period marriage is often without ceremony and is restricted only by social custom. The husband and wife unite as ...