The History And Theory Of Legal Practice In China: Toward A Historical-social Jurisprudence

The History and Theory of Legal Practice in China The Social Sciences of Practice The History and Theory of Legal Practice Series Editor Philip C. C. Huang (University of California, Los Angeles and Renmin University of China) VOLUME 3 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/ssop The History and Theory of Legal Practice in China Toward a Historical-Social Jurisprudence Edited by Philip C. C. Huang and Kathryn Bernhardt LEIDEN | BOSTON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The history and theory of legal practice in China : toward a historical-social jurisprudence / Edited by Philip C. C. Huang and Kathryn Bernhardt.   p. cm. — (The social sciences of practice ; 3)  ISBN 978-90-04-27643-7 (hardback : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-90-04-27644-4 (e-book) 1. Law—China— History. 2. Jurisprudence—China—history. 3. Justice, Administration of—China—History. I. Huang, Philip C., 1940– author editor of compilation. II. Bernhardt, Kathryn, author editor of compilation.  KNN122.H57 2014  349.51—dc23 2014012708 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual ‘Brill’ typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, ipa, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 2214-952X isbn 978 90 04 27643 7 (hardback) isbn 978 90 04 27644 4 (e-book) Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff, Global Oriental and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Contents Author Biographies  xi Series Foreword  xv Editor’s Introduction  1 Philip C. C. Huang PART 1 Women and the Law  27 1 A Ming-Qing Transition in Chinese Women’s History? The Perspective from Law  29 Kathryn Bernhardt Scholarship on Women in the Late Ming and Qing  30 The Ming-Qing Present  33 The Past  34 The Future  36 The Perspective from Law  40 Betrothal  40 Marriage  42 Divorce  44 Property  45 The Peasantization of Law  46 2 Women’s Choices under the Law: Marriage, Divorce, and Illicit Sex in the Qing and the Republic  51 Philip C. C. Huang Part 1: The Qing  53 The Legal Categories and Pertinent Laws  53 Qing Constructions  59 Variant Concepts in Legal and Social Practice  62 Women as Victims  65 The Burdens of Passive Agency  69 Part 2: The Republic  73 Women’s Agency in Guomindang Law  73 Women’s Agency in Practice  78 vi contents 3 Marriage, Law, and Revolution: Divorce Law Practice in the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region  96 Liu Yang Evolution of Marriage Legislation  99 Divorce Suits in the Context of Revolution  103 Women in Divorce Litigation  107 Kangshu  108 Gongjiaren  112 Peasant Women  117 Peasant Husbands in Divorce Litigation  121 Tiaobo and Peimi  121 A Peasant Husband Battles to Save His Marriage  124 Conclusion  129 4 从事实别居到法律别居: 清代到民国时期夫妻别居的权利和义务 (From De Facto Separati