{"product_id":"i-did-not-commit-adultery-marital-conflict-and-the-law-in-ontario-in-the-1870s-hardback-9781487517441","title":"I Did not Commit Adultery; Marital Conflict and the Law in Ontario in the 1870s (Hardback) 9781487517441","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eI Did not Commit Adultery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarital Conflict and the Law in Ontario in the 1870s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJim Phillips (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487517441\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, 19 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.3 x 3 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book chronicles the breakdown of the marriage of Robert and Eliza Campbell, a couple living in Whitby, Ontario. Their case precipitated a six-year battle in the Ontario courts and the Parliament of Canada in the 1870s.\u003cbr\u003eIn the Court of Common Pleas, Robert Campbell successfully sued the man he alleged had seduced his wife for criminal conversation, and Eliza Campbell successfully sued Robert’s brother James Campbell for defamation. Eliza Campbell failed, however, to get an order for alimony in the Court of Chancery. When this litigation was concluded, Robert Campbell petitioned Parliament for an Act of Divorce: the only way to get a divorce in Ontario before 1930. In 1876, he failed to persuade the Senate divorce committee that Eliza had committed adultery – the only ground for a divorce at that time – but Eliza succeeded in having an Act of Separation passed in her favour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Did Not Commit Adultery\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed study of how the law governed married women in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Along the way, Jim Phillips reveals the operations of the civil courts, the forensic skills of leading members of the Ontario legal profession, constitutional law, and parliamentary divorce, which has never before been examined in detail by Canadian historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and Short Forms                                                                                 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal Members of the Byrne and Campbell Families                                           \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 – Introduction                                                                                              \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 – The Town of Whitby, the Campbell and Byrne Families, \u003cbr\u003eand the Campbell Marriage to August 1873                                                               \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 – Robert Campbell’s Separation from Eliza, August 1873                        \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 – Eliza Campbell’s Ejection from the Family Home, September 1873    \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 – The Campbells Go to Court 1: \u003cem\u003eRobert Campbell v. George Gordon \u003c\/em\u003efor Criminal Conversation, 1873                                                                                \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 – The Campbells Go to Court II: \u003cem\u003eEliza Campbell (Robert Campbell et ux) v. James Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e for Defamation, 1874                                                       \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 – The Campbells Go to Court III: \u003cem\u003eEliza Campbell v. Robert \u003cbr\u003eCampbell\u003c\/em\u003e for Alimony, 1874 -1875                                                                          \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 – Robert Campbell’s Petition for Divorce, 1876                                      \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 – The Senate Divorce Committee 1: The Case for Robert Campbell      \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 – The Senate Divorce Committee 2: The Case for Eliza Campbell       \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 – The Senate Divorce Committee 3: Counsels’ Speeches and the Committee’s Report                                                                                                  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 – Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament, 1877                         \u003cbr\u003eChapter 13 – An Interlude, 1878                                                                                \u003cbr\u003eChapter 14 – Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament, Again – 1879            \u003cbr\u003eChapter 15 – The Principals after 1880 – Winners and Losers                                 \u003cbr\u003eChapter 16 – Conclusion                                                                                                                                                                  \u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Eliza Campbell’s Petition to the Senate, 29 March 1876                                \u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill, 1877                                                          \u003cbr\u003eAppendix 3: The Separation Act, 1879 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52715075895576,"sku":"9781487517441","price":45.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/i-did-not-commit-adultery-marital-conflict-and-the-law-in-ontario-in-the-1870s-hardback-9781487517441","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}