Spouses, Church, and State

Marriage Law in England and Protestant Germany from the Reformation until the Close of the Nineteenth Century
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-16-162493-3
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 415 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm

Reihe: Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht

Saskia Lettmaier explores what is arguably the greatest transformation to have occurred within the Western law of marriage in the last five hundred years: the shift from a unified marital order, legislated and adjudicated by a universal church and influenced by theological principles, to a non-unified marital order, legislated and adjudicated by separate and sovereign states and influenced by secular principles. These principles included the idea that it is best for everyone concerned that a marriage that has been emotionally outgrown by at least one partner should be freely dissoluble. She analyzes how and why this shift occurred, and why it occurred differently in different territories. Through the lens of the experiences of England and Protestant Germany (with a focus on Prussia), she explains not only the legal changes themselves, but also how and why the different nations developed specific approaches to marriage law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lettmaier, Saskia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Sachenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Erbrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Familienrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Schuldrecht Haftpflichtrecht, Deliktsrecht, Produkthaftungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Über Autor(innen)

Lettmaier, Saskia
Born 1979; 2002 B.A. (Oxford University); 2003 LL.M. (Harvard Law School); 2007 Dr.jur. (Bamberg); 2015 S.J.D. (Harvard Law School); 2016 Habilitation (Regensburg); Professor of Private Law, European Legal History, Private International Law and Comparative Law at the University of Kiel (Germany); Judge at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig.