Intolerable cruelty : marriage, law, and society in early twentieth-century China /

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Intolerable Cruelty thoughtfully explores key issues in modern Chinese history, including state-society relations, social transformation, and gender relations in the context of the Republican Chinese experiment with liberal modernity. Investigating both the codification process and the subsequent im...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kuo, Margaret, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c2012.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Marriage > China > History > 20th century.
Marriage law > China > History > 20th century.
Mariage > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Marriage.
Manners and customs
Marriage
Marriage law
China > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Chine > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of tables
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Law and the state
  • Introduction
  • GMD legal exceptionalism : conceptual underpinnings of the republican civil code
  • The rise of public opinion : the case of GMD surname legislation
  • The process of civil adjudication : marital justice and the republican civil court system
  • Law and society
  • Spousal abuse : divorce litigation and the emergence of rights consciousness
  • Running away : cohabitation litigation and the reconfiguration of husband patriarchy
  • Bourgeois affairs : separation and support litigation and injury to reputation
  • Natural eunuchs : husband impotence annulment litigation and legal opportunism
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • About the author.

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