Tying the Knot by Rebecca Probert, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, xiv + 284 pp (including index), £85 (hardback), ISBN: 9781316518281. E-book available on Cambridge Core, ISBN: 9781009000109. Rebecca Probert’s study focuses upon the evolution of marriage law since the Marriage Act 1836, and it takes the subject up to the present day. She draws upon her renowned expertise in the subject of marriage and her work as a consultant to the Law Commission for marriage reform. This is a concise book, which has been deliberately structured to enable Professor Probert to convey her analysis of the legislative formalities that have become entrenched as essential elements in the formation of a legal contract of marriage … (more)
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Sally Gold, ‘Book Review: Tying the Knot by Rebecca Probert’, Journal of Legal History, https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2022.2092943. Published online 26 June.
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