Portal:Marriage

Customs and culture

 * The Physiology of Marriage, 1829 by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Joseph Walker McSpadden
 * A Marriage Contract, 1835 by Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
 * Marriage as a Trade, 1909 by Cicely Hamilton
 * The Objects of Marriage, 1920 by Henry Havelock Ellis
 * Earrings that Denote Widowhood
 * Curiosities of Marriage
 * On the forfeiture of property by married women (1870) by Arthur Hobhouse
 * The early history of the property of married women (c. 1873) by Henry Sumner Maine
 * The Truth about Marriage (1931) by Walter Brown Murray
 * Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, And As It Should Be: A Plea For Reform by Annie Besant

Articles from Popular Science Monthly

 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.
 * “Marriage of the Dead,” as it appeared in Popular Science Monthly, June 1897.

United States

 * Federal Marriage Amendment, May 21, 2003, failed proposal to amend the Constitution of the United States
 * A Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage, 14 February 2004 speech by George Walker Bush

South Africa

 * Marriage Act, 1961
 * Marriage Amendment Act, 1964
 * Marriage Amendment Act, 1968
 * Marriage Amendment Act, 1970
 * Marriage Amendment Act, 1972
 * Marriage Amendment Act, 1973
 * Marriage Amendment Act, 1981
 * Marriage Act, Extension Act, 1997
 * Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998
 * Civil Union Act, 2006
 * Civil Union Amendment Act, 2020

South Africa

 * Fourie and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (High Court, 2002)
 * Fourie and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (Constitutional Court, 2003)
 * Fourie and Another v Minister of Home Affairs and Another (Supreme Court of Appeal, 2004)
 * Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Fourie and Another (Constitutional Court, 2005)

On the issue of marrying a dead wife's sister

 * Portal:Marriage Law Reform Association
 * The Wife's Sister; or, The Forbidden Marriage (1851 fiction!)
 * The Deceased Wife's Sister: My Beautiful Neighbour (1874 fiction!)
 * The Consequences of Marrying a Deceased Wife's Sister (1849 fiction!)  cannot use this - need djvu (preferably) or pdf file of this work
 * A Dissertation on the Marriage of a Man with his Sister-in-Law (1816)
 * Unlawful Marriage: The Lawfulness of the Marriage of a Man with his Deceased Wife's Sister (1844)
 * Remarks on the Law Regarding Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife (1845)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Prohibited By Holy Scripture (1847)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister: Evidence Given Before the Commission (1849)
 * Against Profane Dealing with Holy Matrimony: In Regard of a Man and His Wife's Sister (1849)
 * Letters in Favour of a Repeal of the Law which Prohibits Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife (1849)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister or Niece, Considered (1850)
 * MLRA: For the Exclusive Object of Promoting the Passing of an Act to Render Lawful Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1851)
 * A Brief Argument Against The Present Law Affecting Marriage With a Deceased Wife's Sister (1853)
 * Love Versus Law: Marriage With a Deceased Wife's Sister (1855)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister in a Social Point of View: Inexpedient and Unnatural (1858)
 * The Ancient Interpretation of Leviticus XVIII. 18: Holding that Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister is Lawful (1859)
 * Facts and Opinion Tending to Shew the Scriptural Lawfulness of Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1859)
 * The Speech of the Archbishop of Canterbury on Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1859)
 * God's Prohibition of the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1860)
 * Catholics and the Marriages Bill (1866)
 * Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife Considered in Connection with the Standards of the Canadian Presbyterian Church (1868)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Prohibited by the Word of God (1868)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister: Leviticus XVIII. 18 Considered in Connection with the Law of the Levirate (1869)
 * A Vindication of the Law Prohibiting Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1869)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister: A Bible Argument with Facts Long Obscured (1871)
 * Review of a Pamphlet entitled Marriage With a Deceased Wife's Sister (1871)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1873)
 * Speech of Lord Selborne on Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1873)
 * Our Standards and Their Teachings as Bearing on Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife (1873)
 * A Wife to Her Sister: Whether Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister is Prohibited Under the Mosaic Law (1878)
 * Extract from the late charge of John, Lord Bishop of Fredericton, on the Attempt Made to Legalize the Marriage of a Widower with his Late Wife's Sister (1880)
 * Canadian Opinions on the Bill Legalising Marriage with the Sister of a Deceased Wife (1880)
 * On the Attempt Made to Legalise the Marriage of a Widower with his Late Wife's Sister (1880)
 * May a Man Marry His Deceased Wife's Sister? (1880)
 * Is Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Lawful? (1883)
 * The Question of Incest Relative to Marriage with Sisters in Succession (1883)
 * Marriage With a Deceased Wife's Sister: An Address Delivered at a Meeting of Scottish Churchmen (1883)
 * Sermon on the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1883)
 * An Address by Bishop Wordsworth on Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1883)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister: A Review of the Arguments and Pleas (1885)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister or With a Niece Contrary to the Holy Law of God (1885)
 * Proceedings of the Colonial Conference: Marriage With a Deceased Wife's Sister (1888)
 * Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (1912)  10/200

Novels

 * Marriage by Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1818)
 * A Marriage Below Zero by Alfred J. Cohen (1889)

Religion

 * Marriage Its Origin, Uses, and Duties by William Bruce (1850)

Plays

 * Getting Married by George Bernard Shaw (1908)

Verse

 * Her Answer by Samuel Williams Cooper (1886)