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Article: ‘No Malicious Incidents’: The Concern for Stability in China’s Divorce Law Practice

Title‘No Malicious Incidents’: The Concern for Stability in China’s Divorce Law Practice
Authors
Keywordsdivorce cases
social stability
China
Issue Date2017
PublisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105776
Citation
Social and Legal Studies, 2017, v. 26, n. 4, p. 467-489 How to Cite?
AbstractBased on participant observation and in-depth interviews with judges, this article demonstrates the significant role of concern for social stability in China’s divorce law practice in highly contested and potentially explosive cases. This is evident in the current use of mediation procedures. Since the judge is held responsible for keeping the parties in check, the concern for social stability dominates proceedings. The legal criterion of ‘the breakdown of mutual affection’ is eclipsed by the political principle of ‘no malicious incidents’. This emphasis on maintaining stability, however, paradoxically reproduces social instability because it incentivizes violence in the domestic sphere. It also reinforces gender inequality. This study suggests the need to reflect upon the appropriate role of the judiciary in divorce proceedings and the tenuous boundary between law and politics in contemporary China. © The Author(s) 2017.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/251232
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.469
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dc.contributor.authorHe, Xin-
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-01T01:54:58Z-
dc.date.available2018-02-01T01:54:58Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationSocial and Legal Studies, 2017, v. 26, n. 4, p. 467-489-
dc.identifier.issn0964-6639-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/251232-
dc.description.abstractBased on participant observation and in-depth interviews with judges, this article demonstrates the significant role of concern for social stability in China’s divorce law practice in highly contested and potentially explosive cases. This is evident in the current use of mediation procedures. Since the judge is held responsible for keeping the parties in check, the concern for social stability dominates proceedings. The legal criterion of ‘the breakdown of mutual affection’ is eclipsed by the political principle of ‘no malicious incidents’. This emphasis on maintaining stability, however, paradoxically reproduces social instability because it incentivizes violence in the domestic sphere. It also reinforces gender inequality. This study suggests the need to reflect upon the appropriate role of the judiciary in divorce proceedings and the tenuous boundary between law and politics in contemporary China. © The Author(s) 2017.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105776-
dc.relation.ispartofSocial and Legal Studies-
dc.subjectdivorce cases-
dc.subjectsocial stability-
dc.subjectChina-
dc.title‘No Malicious Incidents’: The Concern for Stability in China’s Divorce Law Practice-
dc.typeArticle-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0964663916681068-
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dc.identifier.hkuros295372-
dc.identifier.volume26-
dc.identifier.issue4-
dc.identifier.spage467-
dc.identifier.epage489-
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
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