Intolerable cruelty
Subtitle: marriage, law, and society in early twentieth-century China
By: Margaret Kuo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781442218406; 9781442218420
Subjects: Marriage law; Social life and customs; Marriage; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of tables; title: Illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Law and the state; title: Introduction; title: GMD legal exceptionalism : conceptual underpinnings of the republican civil code; title: The rise of public opinion : the case of GMD surname legislation; title: The process of civil adjudication : marital justice and the republican civil court system; title: Law and society; title: Spousal abuse : divorce litigation and the emergence of rights consciousness; title: Running away : cohabitation litigation and the reconfiguration of husband patriarchy; title: Bourgeois affairs : separation and support litigation and injury to reputation; title: Natural eunuchs : husband impotence annulment litigation and legal opportunism; title: Conclusion; title: References; title: Glossary; title: Index; title: About the author.