Chinese Marriage and Social Change: The Legal Abolition of Concubinage in Hong Kong

by Max Wl Wong

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811516464
• ISBN13: 9789811516467
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"