Decoupling : gender injustice in China's divorce courts / / Ethan Michelson |
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 |
Michelson Ethan
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Divorce in China : institutional constraints and gendered outcomes / / Xin He |
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 |
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New York, New York State : , : New York University Press, , [2021] | ||
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