Abstract
Few social questions touch the individual so intimately and foster such widely divergent views as the question of divorce. From those who regard marriage as a perpetual and indissoluble bond instituted by God to those who consider it a terminable contract between a man and a woman, every shade of opinion can be found. The subject of marital breakdown is neither new nor peculiar to our age. As one author has said: "The breakdown of marriage with provisions for divorce and remarriage is a phenomenon widely recognized in Babylonian, Hebrew, Greek and Roman law." Nevertheless, ever since Christianity established a new ideal of life-long marriage, the concept of an indissoluble union has been prevalent in the western world.
Recommended Citation
B. H. Lee,
Divorce Law Reform in Michigan,
5
U. Mich. J. L. Reform
409
(1972).
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