Love
Who May Marry
Dowry and bridewealth, Trent and Hardwicke, Loving v Virginia, and the spouse visa
Goody and Tambiah · Tametsi · 1967 · the separated interview · 4 chapters · 13 min read
What a wedding transfers, the day consent became paperwork, the bans that needed a court, and the test for a real relationship.
Free to read: every chapter below is open
Love and the Law
- 01What a Wedding MovesOn the money that moves at a wedding, and which way.
- 02The Day Consent Became PaperworkOn the centuries when two people could marry each other, and why that ended.
- 03The Case Named LovingOn a felony conviction for being married, and the argument the Court refused.
- 04Proving It to a StrangerOn the moment a private relationship has to satisfy an official.