A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3Howard, George Elliott
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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
The leading work on Roman divorce is Wächter's _Ueber die
Ehescheidungen_ (Stuttgart, 1821). There is also a good account
in the seventh and eighth chapters of Hasse's _Das Gütterrecht
der Ehegatten nach röm. Recht_ (Berlin, 1824). Savigny has an
article on "Die erste Ehescheidung in Rom," in _Abhandlungen der
könig. Akad. der Wiss. in Berlin, 1814-16_ (Berlin, 1818). Very
important also is Rein, _Das röm. Privatrecht_ (Leipzig, 1836);
and on divorce in connection with the alleged depravation of
morals at the close of the republic there is a fine passage in
Lecky, _European Morals_ (3d ed., New York, 1881). The subject
is treated by Marche, _Historia juris civilis de divortiis_
(Leipzig, 1764); Langeron, _Du divorce en droit romain_ (Paris,
1857); Morael, _Droit romain: du divorce_ (Paris, 1888); and
Combier, _Du divorce en droit romain_ (Paris, 1880). Esmein,
_Mélanges_ (Paris, 1886), has a chapter dealing in part with
Roman divorce; and in the same volume may be found the best
existing treatment of adultery in connection with the _Lex Julia
de adulteriis_. With other matter this law is also considered by
Gessert, _Ad leg. Jul. de adult. coerc._ (Würtemberg, 1795);
Haupt, _De poena adulterii ex leg. Jul._ (Leipzig, 1797); Jörs,
_Die Ehegesetze des Augustus_ (Marburg, 1894); and Bennecke in
his able monograph _Die strafrechtliche Lehre vom Ehebruch_
(Marburg, 1884), bringing the general history of his subject
down to the middle of the fifteenth century. In this connection
have likewise been of service Sohm's _Institutes_ and the works
of Fustel de Coulanges, Hölder, Rossbach, Karlowa, Unger, Maine,
Marquardt, and Zhishman elsewhere described. The ground of the
chapter is mainly covered by Woolsey, _Divorce and Divorce
Legislation_ (2d ed., New York, 1882); and Glasson, _Le mariage
civil et le divorce_ (2d ed., Paris, 1880); as also by the
general works of Popp, _Ehescheidung_ (Amberg and Sulzbach,
1800); Tissot, _Le mariage, la séparation et le divorce_ (Paris,
1868); Thwing, _The Family_ (Boston, 1887); Gide, _La femme_
(2d ed., Paris, 1885); Scheurl, _Das gemeine deutsche Eherecht_
(Erlangen, 1882); and there is a concise historical account by
Friedericus, _De divortio meditationes_ (Leipzig, 1842).
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