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Chinese Marriage and Social Change - The Legal Abolition of Concubinage in Hong Kong (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Chinese Marriage and Social Change - The Legal Abolition of Concubinage in Hong Kong (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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This book provides a comparative account of the abolition of
concubinage in East Asia, offering a new perspective and revised
analysis of the factors leading to - and the debates surrounding -
the introduction of a new Marriage Reform Ordinance in Hong Kong in
1971. It uses this law as a platform to examine how the existence
of concubinage - long preserved in the name of protecting Chinese
traditions and customs - crucially influenced family law reforms,
which were in response to a perceived need to create a 'modern'
marriage system within Hong Kong's Chinese community after the
Second World War. This was, by and large, the result of continued
pressure from within Hong Kong and from Britain to bring Hong
Kong's marriage system in line with international marriage
treaties. It represented one of the last significant intrusions of
colonial law into the private sphere of Hong Kong social life,
eliminating Chinese customs which had been previously recognised by
the colonial legal system's family law. This book contextualizes
the Hong Kong situation by examining judicial cases interpreting
Chinese customs and the Great Qing Code, offering a comprehensive
understanding of the Hong Kong situation in relation to the status
of concubines in Republican China and other East Asian
jurisdictions. It will be of particular interest to teachers and
students of law, as well as researchers in gender studies,
post-colonialism, sociology and cultural studies.
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