The common law action for breach of promise of marriage originated in the mid-seventeenth century, but it was not until the nineteenth century that it rose to prominence and became a regular feature in law courts and gossip columns. By 1940 the action was defunct, it was inconceivable for a respectable woman to bring such a case before the courts. What accounts for this dramatic rise and fall? This book ties the story of the action's prominence and decline between 1800 and 1940 to changes in the prevalent conception of woman, her ideal role in society, sexual relations, and the family. It argues that the idiosyncratic breach-of-promise suit and Victorian notions of ideal femininity were inextricably, and fatally, entwined. It presents the nineteenth-century breach-of-promise action as a codification of the Victorian ideal of true womanhood and explores the longer-term implications of this infusion of mythologized femininity for the law, in particular for the position of plaintiffs. Surveying three consecutive time periods - the early nineteenth century, the high Victorian and the post-Victorian periods - and adopting an interdisciplinary approach that combines the perspectives of legal history, social history, and literary analysis, it argues that the feminizing process, by shaping a cause of action in accordance with an ideal at odds with the very notion of women going to law, imported a fatal structural inconsistency that at first remained obscured, but ultimately vulgarized and undid the cause of action. Alongside more than two hundred and fifty real-life breach-of-promise cases, the book examines literary and cinematic renditions of the breach-of-promise theme, by artists ranging from Charles Dickens to P.G. Wodehouse, to expose the subtle yet unmistakable ways in which what happened (and what changed) in the breach-of-promise courtroom influenced the changing representation of the breach-of-promise plaintiff in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literature and film.

A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage" (Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements) by G. R. M. Devereux. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

This unique and meticulously edited collection of E. Phillips Oppenheim's greatest works includes:_x000D_ NOVELS_x000D_ The Great Impersonation_x000D_ The Double Traitor_x000D_ The Battle Of Basinghall Street_x000D_ Murder At Monte Carlo_x000D_ The Yellow House_x000D_ The Black Box_x000D_ The Devil's Paw_x000D_ A Maker Of History_x000D_ The New Tenant_x000D_ Mr. Grex Of Monte Carlo_x000D_ A Monk Of Cruta_x000D_ The Cinema Murder_x000D_ A Modern Prometheus_x000D_ Exit A Dictator_x000D_ The Yellow Crayon_x000D_ The Wrath To Come_x000D_ The Grassleyes Mystery_x000D_ The Golden Beast_x000D_ The Dumb Gods Speak_x000D_ The Peer And The Woman_x000D_ To Win The Love He Sought_x000D_ False Evidence_x000D_ Master Of Sinister House_x000D_ Mr. Marx's Secret_x000D_ The Great Secret_x000D_ The Man Who Changed His Plea_x000D_ The Double Life Of Mr Alfred Burton _x000D_ The Amazing Judgment_x000D_ The Postmaster Of Market Deignton_x000D_ Mysterious Mr. Sabin_x000D_ A Millionaire Of Yesterday_x000D_ The World's Great Snare_x000D_ Enoch Strone_x000D_ The Great Awakening_x000D_ The Survivor_x000D_ The Traitors_x000D_ A Prince Of Sinners_x000D_ Anna The Adventuress_x000D_ The Master Mummer_x000D_ The Betrayal_x000D_ The Malefactor_x000D_ A Lost Leader . . ._x000D_ SHORT STORIES & COLLECTIONS_x000D_ Peter Ruff And The Double Four_x000D_ Michael's Evil Deeds_x000D_ The Tiger On The Mountains_x000D_ The Seven Conundrums_x000D_ False Gods_x000D_ The Money-Spider_x000D_ The Girl From Manchester_x000D_ The Road To Liberty_x000D_ One Luckless Hour_x000D_ One Shall Be Taken_x000D_ No Questions Asked_x000D_ The Actor's Romance_x000D_ A Prince Of Gamblers_x000D_ The Siren Of The Madrid_x000D_ And Still I Cheat The Gallows_x000D_ The Little Grey Lady_x000D_ The Restless Traveller_x000D_ The Café Régal, The Mistral And The Lady_x000D_ The Three Thieves_x000D_ General Besserley's Puzzle Box_x000D_ The Amazing Partnership_x000D_ The Human Chase_x000D_ Nicholas Goade, Detective . . ._x000D_ REMINISCENCES & MEMOIRS_x000D_ The Prince Of Storytellers Tells His Own Story_x000D_ ..._x000D_ E. Phillips Oppenheim, the Prince of Storytellers (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions.

COURTSHIP, CLASS AND GENDER IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND.

From renowned environmental and natural resource legal scholar Christine Klein, Property: Cases, Problems, and Skills is a comprehensive casebook that combines the core, doctrinal elements of a 1L Property course with larger, more nuanced social, environmental, and ethical perspectives. This book offers a versatile, middle position in the Property market: it is straightforward and tightly-organized while also avoiding oversimplification. Property: Cases, Problems, and Skills offers a wealth of doctrinal, policy, and theoretical subtleties for professors who want to probe deeper. It adopts a modern, skills-based approach to Property Law, and includes a balance of classic and new cases, narrowly-focused skills exercises (including advocacy, drafting, client interviewing/counseling, and negotiation), and selected statutory excerpts. Chapter review problems (with answers provided in the Appendix for student self-testing) and a host of other pedagogical features such as discussion problems that raise novel and modern challenges, “A Place to Start” doctrinal overview boxes, and “Reading Guide” boxes, aid student understanding and comprehension. A two-color interior breaks up text for easier reading, with judicious use of photographs, text boxes, and pedagogical diagrams. This clear and accessible casebook encourages students to engage with Property law’s complexity, ambiguity, and nuance. New to the Second Edition: New Cases including: Maui Electric Co., 408 P.3d 1 (Haw. 2017): Adopting a state constitutional property right to a clean and healthful environment Adams v. Woodlands of Nashua, 864 A.2d 322 (N.H. 2005): Distinguishing covenant of quiet enjoyment from implied warranty of habitability Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584 (2015): Holding the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person, and highlighting numerous property rights and protections available to spouses under state marital property systems In re Estate of Hanau (730 S.W.2d 663 (Tex. 1987): Introducing complexity of marital property systems in the context of spouses migrating from one state to another Restatement (Third) of Property, Servitudes: Stand-alone Restatement excerpt Styller v. Aylward (Mass. Land Ct. 2018): Considering whether short-term rentals, such as Airbnb, violate single-family zoning restrictions Murr v. Wisconsin, 137 S. Ct. 1933 (2017): Refining analysis of the “denominator issue” in a regulatory taking case involving a wild and scenic river Professors and students will benefit from: Tightly and clearly organized text, both substantively and visually, with a balance of new and classic cases A shorter page count than other Property casebooks that allows it to focus on the core, doctrinal aspects of Property law Visual aids including maps, diagrams, and photographs Text that clearly identifies the majority/minority/trend status of each rule, as relevant Chapter Reviews include concise post-case notes, multiple choice and essay questions (with answers in the Appendix), and “Bringing it Home” statutory practice (guiding students in researching their state’s statutory coverage of selected topics likely to be regulated by statute) “Reading Guide” boxes preceding cases to guide the students in extracting contextual meaning from cases A skills exercise in each chapter provides in-depth opportunities for students to develop skills related to the substantive material covered in the chapter A discussion problem in each chapter provides a rich factual context to facilitate further exploration of law and policy as applied to fresh, modern contexts Post-case notes include “Practice Pointers” asking students to re-draft ambiguous language in documents that precipitated litigation, to explore alternatives to litigation, and to advise clients on litigation strategy Notes on “The Place” convey background about the geographic location of the disputed property, designed to remind students that legal disputes can be influenced by physical and human context Relevant statutory and Restatement excerpts are collected and presented in one location within the chapter (rather than scattered in snippets throughout). Periodic statutory excerpts and exercises introduce students to the interplay of common law and statutory law “Test Your Understanding” sections contain problems that the professor can work through during class (with answers in the teacher’s manual), or that can be left to the students for self-directed learning