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- Title
THE MADHOUSE DIVORCE: THE EFFECT OF VICTORIAN PROPERTY, LUNACY AND DIVORCE LAWS AND THEIR PORTRAYAL IN POPULAR CULTURE.
- Authors
Bolivar, Robin
- Abstract
The article focuses on the Victorian property, lunacy and divorce laws as the laws direct that woman owned became her husband's property at marriage. It mentions that effect of the laws was to protect the men who committed their wives rather than protecting wives from committal and the criticism of misuse of the lunacy. It also mentions that Madhouse Act of 1774 has addressed the rudimentary issues of committal such as madhouses were to possess licences issued by the College of Physicians.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; INSANITY (Law); MARITAL property; DIVORCE law; MARRIAGE law; SPOUSES' legal relationship
- Publication
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, 2012, Vol 63, p252
- ISSN
0077-8141
- Publication type
Article