SOCY 352 Chapter Notes - Chapter n.a: Social Fact

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 352
• Professor: A.Silver

Document Summary

October 6 th : the life course iii (mid-life families: separation and divorce) For the first 100 years of canadian laws of marriage/divorce was a continuation of english colonial times held the view the marriage was an indissoluble contract of legal and divine nature. Divorce act of 1968, however divorce is still litigious and adversarial. Fundamental changes of canadian divorce occurred with rapid secularization of canadian society and diminution of religious ideologies and of theocratic social control. Social imperative to clarify and re-label a broken family arrangement remains strong. The influence of religious views may still be seen (i. e polygamy is illegal) Best example of incremental liberalization of family law can be cited than the contemporary extension of marriage rights and obligations, and the inevitable extension of divorce rights and the potential for child custody for same sex couples. Granting divorce is a direct reflection of the positive values attributed to an intact marriage (the contract being ended by divorce)