Resources

THE 1917 OR PIO-BENEDICTINE CODE OF CANON LAW 

1983 Catholic Code of Canon Law (Roman Rite)

UNIFORM PREMARITAL AND MARITAL AGREEMENTS ACT Drafted by the NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS 

Mary's Advocates -- A wealth of resources to strengthen marriage, uphold marriage against unilateral no-fault divorce, and support those who have been unjustly abandoned who remain faithful to their marriage.

Mary's Advocates Solemn Marriage Covenant Set is a great example of a general pre-marriage agreement that seeks to protect marriage.

A Comparative Survey of Covenant Marriage Proposals in the United States, 12 REGENT LAW REVIEW 31 (1999), 21 Pages Posted: 30 May 2018

Contracting Out of the Culture Wars: How the Law Should Enforce and Communities of Faith Should Encourage More Enduring Marital Commitments By Jamie Alan Aycock March 14, 2006 

Betrothment and Marriage, Canon A. De Smet, Volume I, 1912

The New Marriage Contract and the Limits of Private Ordering, Gregory S. Alexander, 1998

The Marriage of Your Choice, First Things, Christopher Wolfe, 1995

Does Divorce Make People Happy?, Donna Davis, Radio Broadcast Transcript

Customized Marriage, Jamse Herbie DiFonzo, 2000

Religious Law and Civil Law: Using Secular Law to Assure Observance of Practices with Religious Significance, Kent Greenwalt, 1998

The Rationality and Enforceability of Contractual Restrictions on Divorce, Theodore F. Haas, 1998

The Relation of the Juridical and Sacramental in Matrimony, According to Thomas Aquinas, 2012

Lifting the Veil of Ignorance: Personalizing the Marriage Contract, Eric Rasmusen, Jeffrey E. Stake, 1998

Conflict and Cooperation in Long-Term Contracts, Robert E. Scott, 1987

Rational Decision Making about Marriage and Divorce, Elizebeth S. Scott, 1990

Marriage as Relational Contract, Elizabeth S. Scott, Robert E. Scott, 1998

Does Divorce Make People Happy? Findings from a study of unhappy marriages, Waite et al., 2002