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The problem of divorce.(LAW AND literature)(John Galsworthy and D.H. Lawrence, ending of marriage)

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From: LawNow
Date: 20050601
Author:Normey, Robert

 
   Marriage is more than a simple contract 
   between spouses, or a thing, which they 
   can dissolve by their own acts and 
   choice, even consensually. It is a status, 
   involving other and more important 
   interests. 

--Viscount Birkenhead L.C. in Rutherford v. Richardson (1923)

The ending of a marriage is one of the great themes of literature. Marriage is indeed more than a simple contract between spouses. It is clearly something that society holds dear. The desire to encourage and support the institution of marriage has meant that, until the current era, there ...

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