Alecia Simmonds 
Courting [EPUB ebook] 
An Intimate History of Love and the Law

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Award-winning author Alecia Simmonds uncovers a hidden history of love and heartbreak in the archives of law

Until well into the twentieth century, heartbroken men and women in Australia had a legal redress for their suffering: jilted lovers could claim compensation for ‘breach of promise to marry’. Hundreds of people, mostly from the working classes, came before the courts, and their stories give us a tantalising insight into the romantic landscape of the past – where coupl...

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Dr Alecia Simmonds is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her first book, Wild Man, won the 2016 Davitt Prize for best nonfiction crim...

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 400 ● ISBN 9781743823378 ● File size 2.0 MB ● Publisher Schwartz Books Pty. Ltd. ● Country AU ● Published 2023 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9012176 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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