LEADER 03652nam 2200577 450 001 9910787489003321 005 20230607210635.0 010 $a1-4426-5791-X 010 $a1-4426-2081-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442620810 035 $a(CKB)3710000000329561 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4670107 035 $a(DE-B1597)465499 035 $a(OCoLC)1013957274 035 $a(OCoLC)944178929 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442620810 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4670107 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256621 035 $a(OCoLC)958571274 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000329561 100 $a20160922h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCourted and abandoned $eseduction in Canadian law /$fPatrick Brode 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2002. 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (274 pages, 6 unumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations, photographs 225 1 $aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-5762-6 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword. The Osgoode society for canadian legal history / $rMcMurtry, R. Roy / Oliver, Peter N. -- $tPreface -- $t1.Fiction of the law -- $t2. The Market of Shame -- $t3. Women of Quality and Lewd Mothers -- $t4. Feudalism Triumphant -- $t5. Rewarding the Insinuating Arts -- $t6. Virtue by Statute -- $t7. An Action of Their Own -- $t8. Wife Seduction: Punishing the 'Gay Lothario' -- $t9. To Protect the Poor Unfortunate Child -- $t10. MacMillan v. Brownlee -- $t11. Death of a Tort -- $t12. The Complex Dance of Seduction -- $tEpilogue -- $tAppendix A -- $tAppendix B -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aA pregnancy outside of marriage was a traumatic event in frontier Canada, one that had profound legal implications, not only for the mother, but also for the woman's family, the alleged father, and for the entire community. Patrick Brode examines the history of the 'heartbalm' torts in nineteenth-century Canada - breaches of duty leading to liability for damages for seduction, breach of promise of marriage, and criminal conversation - that were part of the inherited English law and were a major feature of early Canadian law.Encompassing all ten Canadian provinces, Brode's study examines the court cases and the communities in which they arose. He illustrates the progression of these 'heartbalm' actions as women gained more and more autonomy in the late nineteenth century, until questions arose as to the applicability of these feudal remedies in a modern society. He argues that the heartbalm cases are a testament to how early Canadians tried to control sexuality and courtship, even consensual activity among adults. In mixing legal and social issues, and showing how they interact, Courted and Abandoned makes a significant contribution to legal history, women's studies, and cultural history. 410 0$aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series. 606 $aSeduction$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSex and law$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSexual ethics$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aSeduction$xHistory 615 0$aSex and law$xHistory 615 0$aSexual ethics$xHistory 676 $a345.710253 700 $aBrode$b Patrick$0941942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787489003321 996 $aCourted and abandoned$93700800 997 $aUNINA