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The curious incident of the Marriage Act (No 2) 1537 and the Irish statute book
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Harding, Maebh (2012) The curious incident of the Marriage Act (No 2) 1537 and the Irish statute book. Legal Studies, Volume 32 (Number 1). pp. 78-108. doi:10.1111/j.1748-121X.2011.00217.x ISSN 0261-3875.
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Abstract
During the 1530s Henry VIII remarried twice, each time annulling his previous marriage. The English laws outlining the prohibited degrees of relationship for marriage were changed upon each marriage in the First and Second Succession Acts.1 These Acts were passed in Ireland by an Irish Parliament in 1536–7 and became part of the Irish statute book.2 However, the second Act regulating Henry VIII's marriage to Queen Jane3 (Marriage Act (no 2) 1537) was never published and was unknown to Irish law for centuries. The Act made its return onto the Irish statute book in 2007,4 greatly extending the class of relatives prohibited from marrying and potentially annulling many Irish marriages. This paper traces the fate of the lost Act and analyses the consequences of its rediscovery both on Irish marriage law and the legitimacy of the Irish statute book.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | K Law [LC] > KD England and Wales K Law [LC] > KD England and Wales > KDK Ireland |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Divorce -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Ireland, Law -- History -- Research, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, Jane Seymour, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509?-1537 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Legal Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0261-3875 | ||||||
Official Date: | March 2012 | ||||||
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Volume: | Volume 32 | ||||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 78-108 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1748-121X.2011.00217.x | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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