I Did not Commit Adultery: Marital Conflict and the Law in Ontario in the 1870s

Author:   Jim Phillips
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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Pages:   432
Publication Date:   21 October 2025
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I Did not Commit Adultery: Marital Conflict and the Law in Ontario in the 1870s


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Author:   Jim Phillips
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9781487517441


ISBN 10:   1487517440
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   21 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Abbreviations and Short Forms                                                                                 Principal Members of the Byrne and Campbell Families                                             Chapter 1 – Introduction                                                                                              Chapter 2 – The Town of Whitby, the Campbell and Byrne Families, and the Campbell Marriage to August 1873                                                               Chapter 3 – Robert Campbell’s Separation from Eliza, August 1873                        Chapter 4 – Eliza Campbell’s Ejection from the Family Home, September 1873    Chapter 5 – The Campbells Go to Court 1: Robert Campbell v. George Gordon for Criminal Conversation, 1873                                                                                Chapter 6 – The Campbells Go to Court II: Eliza Campbell (Robert Campbell et ux) v. James Campbell for Defamation, 1874                                                       Chapter 7 – The Campbells Go to Court III: Eliza Campbell v. Robert Campbell for Alimony, 1874 -1875                                                                          Chapter 8 – Robert Campbell’s Petition for Divorce, 1876                                      Chapter 9 – The Senate Divorce Committee 1: The Case for Robert Campbell      Chapter 10 – The Senate Divorce Committee 2: The Case for Eliza Campbell       Chapter 11 – The Senate Divorce Committee 3: Counsels’ Speeches and the Committee’s Report                                                                                                  Chapter 12 – Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament, 1877                         Chapter 13 – An Interlude, 1878                                                                                Chapter 14 – Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament, Again – 1879            Chapter 15 – The Principals after 1880 – Winners and Losers                                 Chapter 16 – Conclusion                                                                                                                                                                   Appendices Appendix 1: Eliza Campbell’s Petition to the Senate, 29 March 1876                                Appendix 2: Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill, 1877                                                          Appendix 3: The Separation Act, 1879

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Jim Phillips is a professor emeritus of law and history at the University of Toronto.

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