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Eike Götz Hosemann
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Die gesetzliche Schadensersatzklage wegen Ehebruchs in England zwischen 1857 und 1970
[The Price of Seduction. The Statutory Action for Damages for Adultery in England between 1857 and 1970.]
2024. XVIII, 248 pages. Published in German.
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The statutory action for damages for adultery was one of the most controversial features of English law in its time: after 1857 and until 1970 it allowed a husband to sue his wife's lover for monetary compensation. Eike Hosemann examines a chapter of English legal history in which sexual norms, gender roles and the marriage ideal of a bygone era are vividly reflected.