| Acknowledgement | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| 1.1 Research Questions | 第10页 |
| 1.2 Thesis Statement | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Methodology | 第11页 |
| 1.4 Theoretical Framework | 第11-14页 |
| 1.5 Significance of Research | 第14页 |
| 1.6 Thesis Structure | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第16-22页 |
| 2.1 Divorce in Ireland | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Development of Catholicism and Church-State Relation in Ireland | 第18-22页 |
| 2.2.1 Church-state relations in Ireland | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Changing Impact of Catholicism in Ireland | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 3 Church-State Relations 1920s-1970s | 第22-30页 |
| 3.1 Catholicism Enshrined in Law: 1923-1940 | 第22-23页 |
| 3.1.1 Catholicism enshrined in the 1937 constitution | 第22-23页 |
| 3.1.2 Catholicism enshrined in the civil law | 第23页 |
| 3.2 Catholicism Became a Force:1940-1960 | 第23-27页 |
| 3.2.1 The Catholic social movement | 第24页 |
| 3.2.2 Condemnation on increased bureaucracy | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.3 Climax of Catholic Church's influence as a social force | 第25-27页 |
| 3.3 Catholic Church's Loosening Grip | 第27-30页 |
| 3.3.1 The Church's acquiescence of the government's role | 第27-28页 |
| 3.3.2 Government's gaining control | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 4 The Constitutional Divorce Ban and Irish Way of Dealing with Marriage | 第30-37页 |
| 4.1 Divorce Ban and the 1937 Constitution | 第30-33页 |
| 4.1.1 Catholic views on marriage | 第30-32页 |
| 4.1.2 Marriage in the civil law | 第32-33页 |
| 4.1.3 Catholicism in Irish civil law | 第33页 |
| 4.2 Measures Dealing with Marital Breakdown prior to Divorce Legislation | 第33-37页 |
| 4.2.1 Existing ways to end marriage in Ireland | 第33-34页 |
| 4.2.2 Conditions calling for a change | 第34-35页 |
| 4.2.3 Early remedies for the marriage breakdown condition | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Two Referenda and the 1996 Divorce Legislation | 第37-48页 |
| 5.1 The 1986 Divorce Referendum and Following Acts | 第37-42页 |
| 5.1.1 the 1986 referendum | 第37-41页 |
| 5.1.2 Government efforts after the 1986 referendum | 第41-42页 |
| 5.2 The 1995 referendum and the 1996 Divorce Legislation | 第42-48页 |
| 5.2.1 The 1995 referendum | 第42-45页 |
| 5.2.2 The Family (Divorce) Law of 1996 | 第45-46页 |
| 5.2.3 Changes reflected in the divorce act | 第46-48页 |
| Chapter 6 Divorce Legislation and the Church-State Relations | 第48-55页 |
| 6.1 Legislation on Divorce and the Changing Church-State Relations | 第48-50页 |
| 6.2 Church-State Relations in a More Secularized Ireland | 第50-55页 |
| 6.2.1 A more rational Ireland under modernization | 第50-52页 |
| 6.2.2 Catholicism losing importance as Irish nationalism | 第52-53页 |
| 6.2.3 Secularization resulting from social differentiation | 第53-55页 |
| Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| Work Cited | 第57-61页 |
