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Transforming Family Law in Post-Deng China: Marriage, Divorce and Reproduction
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This article considers the principal changes in family law in the People's Republic of China during the post-Deng period. The developments that have occurred during the period of review have been notable for their pace and their contribution to a growing legal sophistication in China's corpus of family law. They expand on a series of major reforms in family law documented in my earlier China Quarterly article. Overall, it is in the area of divorce that the most dramatic changes have taken place in family law over the past decade.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Palmer, M.
- Corresponding author
- Palmer, Michael
- Venue
- The China Quarterly
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2007-09
- Volume
- 191
- Pages
- 675-695
- ISSN
- 0009-4439 (ISSN-L)
- 0305-7410
- 1468-2648
- OpenAlex
- W1986917804
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 17.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The China Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Family and Matrimonial Law
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- family law reform, divorce law, marriage law, reproductive rights, legal reform, China
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