Author | Kuo, Margaret [Guo Zhendi 郭貞娣], 1971- |
Place | Lanham, MD |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
Edition | |
Language | English |
Type | Book, Digital Book (PDF) |
Series | |
Shelf | Stacks, Digital Archives |
Call Number | HQ684.K876 2012 |
Description | xiii, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pdf |
Note | Intolerable cruelty : marriage, law, and society in early twentieth-century China / Margaret Kuo. 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. Local access dig.pdf. [Kuo-Intolerable cruelty.pdf] |
Multimedia | ![]() |
ISBN | 9781442218406 ; 1442218401 |
LCCN | 2012026587 |