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Remarks On The Reverend Dr Stebbing's Dissertation On The Power Of States To Deny Civil Protection To The Marriages Of Minors, &C - Softcover
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Remarks On The Reverend Dr Stebbing's Dissertation On The Power Of States To Deny Civil Protection To The Marriages Of Minors, &C by Nathaniel Forster. This work offers a critical examination of Dr. Stebbing’s Treatise on the authority of states to withhold civil protections from marriages involving minors. Forster surveys arguments grounded in natural law, civil law, and political philosophy, and compares them with the positions of earlier authorities such as Grotius and Puffendorf. He analyzes the tension between parental authority and the emerging power of civil society, the concept of minority and discernment, and the conditions under which a state may justifiably restrict marriage contracts to safeguard public welfare. The text engages with biblical and historical precedents to evaluate the legitimacy and limits of such state interventions, arguing for a measured, discretionary yet bounded authority that serves the common good while resisting excessive control over individual liberty. The discourse reflects 18th-century debates on law, liberty, and the role of government in regulating personal contracts.
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