Autore	Michelson Ethan
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2022
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xviii, 544 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	306.89/30951
Collana	Cambridge studies in law and society
Soggetto topico	Divorce - China Women - China - Social conditions Divorce - Law and legislation - China
Soggetto non controllato	law and society human rights
ISBN	1-108-85856-2 1-108-86179-2 1-108-76817-2
Classificazione	LAW000000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Sisyphus goes to divorce court -- The right to decouple -- The divorce twofer: why court behavior is decoupled from the right to decouple -- Studying judicial decision-making: court decisions in Henan and Zhejiang -- "Many cases, few judges" and the vanishing three-judge trial -- Tracing the origins of the divorce twofer to heavy caseloads -- How judges gaslight domestic violence victims in divorce trials -- Divorce denials: judicial discourse and judicial decision-making -- Fight or flight: consequences of the judicial clampdown on divorce -- Possession is nine-tenths of the law: why wife-beaters gain child custody -- Quantitative patterns in child custody determinations: sons to fathers, daughters to mothers, abusers rewarded, victims punished -- Conclusions: assessing the impact of law by observing judicial behavior.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910585947603321

Autore	He Xin
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, New York State : , : New York University Press, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	346.510166
Soggetto topico	Divorce - China Divorce - Law and legislation - China
Soggetto non controllato	Balanced approaches Bargaining Chips Child Custody Chinese Courts Courtroom discourse Cultural biases Divorce law in China Divorce trial process Domestic violence Efficiency concerns Epilogue Gender Inequality Gendered Divorces Highly-contested cases Implications Institutional Constraints Judges’ incentives Judicial Decision Making Judicial inaction Judicial power in authoritarian regimes Property division Regular cases Resource disparity Routinized approaches Sex-related issues Stability concerns The Protection Order The bidding process The pragmatic judge Trivialization
ISBN	1-4798-0554-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: Gender Bias in Chinese Courts -- 1. Institutional Constraints -- 2. Routinized Approaches -- 3. The Pragmatic Judge -- 4. Trivializing Domestic Violence -- 5. Sacrificing Women's Rights to Child Custody -- 6. Property Division and Male Advantage -- 7. Cultural Biases -- Epilogue: Gendered Divorces in Chinese Courts -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Fieldwork Photographs -- Appendix 2: Fieldwork Cases and Adjudication -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910554245103321