Li Fengjin
Li Fengjin

Author: Susan L. Glosser

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780977184200

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The year after its founding in 1949, the People¿s Republic of China began its campaign to overturn the traditional marriage system. In order to reach audiences of limited literacy, the Chinese government produced and distributed inexpensive "comic books" to farmers and workers. Li Fengjin: How the New Marriage Law Helped Chinese Women Stand Up is a lively example of this early PRC propaganda. Written in graphic novel format, the pamphlet tells the story of the injustices the young woman Li Fengjin faced under the the old marriage system, and the freedom she finally achieved with the help of the Chinese Communist Party and its marriage law. The pamphlet is essentially a facsimile of the original, but also includes an insightful introduction, useful explanatory notes, a select bibliography, and the text of the 1950 marriage law. The translation is true to the tone of CCP propaganda. Li Fengjin provides an interesting and informative overview of an important moment in modern Chinese history, with graphics that grab student interest.

California Marriage Law
California Marriage Law

Author: Charles Edward Sherman

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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Completely updated to cover recent legal changes, this latest edition includes explanations of California’s marriage laws, sample prenuptial and marriage contracts, and advice on the legal rights of unmarried couples.

Marriage Law and Practice in the Long Eighteenth Century
Marriage Law and Practice in the Long Eighteenth Century

Author: Rebecca Probert

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-07-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1139479768

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This book uses a wide range of primary sources - legal, literary and demographic - to provide a radical reassessment of eighteenth-century marriage. It disproves the widespread assumption that couples married simply by exchanging consent, demonstrating that such exchanges were regarded merely as contracts to marry and that marriage in church was almost universal outside London. It shows how the Clandestine Marriages Act of 1753 was primarily intended to prevent clergymen operating out of London's Fleet prison from conducting marriages, and that it was successful in so doing. It also refutes the idea that the 1753 Act was harsh or strictly interpreted, illustrating the courts' pragmatic approach. Finally, it establishes that only a few non-Anglicans married according to their own rites before the Act; while afterwards most - save the exempted Quakers and Jews - similarly married in church. In short, eighteenth-century couples complied with whatever the law required for a valid marriage.

Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China
Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China

Author: Xiaoping Cong

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-08-22

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1107148561

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Explores the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960.

Religion and Marriage Law
Religion and Marriage Law

Author: Russell Sandberg

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2021-07

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1529212804

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Successive governments have made progressive, but ad hoc reforms to marriage law in Britain. This book provides the first accessible guide to how contemporary marriage law interacts with religion. It reveals the need for the consolidation, modernisation and reform of marriage law and sets out proposals for transformation.

The Marriage Act
The Marriage Act

Author: John Marrs

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2023-05-02

Total Pages: 471

ISBN-13: 0369742036

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What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman’s The Power in this dark, high-concept novel by the bestselling author of The One. Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills—the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single. But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives—monitoring every word, every minor disagreement…and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honor and obey. Don't miss other suspenseful reads from John Marrs (you'll never see the twists coming!): The One The Vacation The Family Experiment (coming soon!)

Minimizing Marriage
Minimizing Marriage

Author: Elizabeth Brake

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0199774137

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This book addresses fundamental questions about marriage in moral and political philosophy. It examines promise, commitment, care, and contract to argue that marriage is not morally transformative. It argues that marriage discriminates against other forms of caring relationships and that, legally, restrictions on entry should be minimized.

Legally Married
Legally Married

Author: Scot Peterson

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2013-10-25

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 074868381X

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Legally Married gives you all the the facts you need to develop an informed judgment regarding same-sex marriage in the UK and the US. It looks at the claims made on both sides of the debate, placing them in their historical context and contributing in a