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At the height of the Age of Enlightenment, Diderot could write these words1: “Dans presque toutes les contrées, la cruauté des lois civiles s’est réunie contre les femmes à la cruauté de la nature.”
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See e. g. Cowcher v Cowcher [1972] 1 All ER 943 where Bagnall J discusses some of the difficulties overlooked in the Court of Appeal. See now F. Webb Trusts of Matrimonial Property (1976)92 LQR 489.
In particular in relation to employment prospects. See Thomson, The Employment Problems of One-parent Families—Can Labour Law Help? (1976) 6 Fam. Law 250.
But these problems would not necessarily have been insurmountable. See for a fuller discussion, H. A. Finlay, Reluctant, but Inevitable: the Retreat of Matrimonial Fault (1975) 38 MLR at p. 157.
See generally Barton, Questions on the Divorce Reform Act 1969 (1970) 86 LQR 348.
For a discussion of this problem see Eekelaar, The Place of Divorce in Family Law’s New Role (1975) 38 MLR 241 and literature cited therein.
See Hayes, The Use of Blood Tests in the Pursuit of Truth, (1971) 87 LQR 86.
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Thomson, J.M. (1978). The Reform of Family Law in England. In: Chloros, A.G. (eds) The Reform of Family Law in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4384-6_3
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