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The Family in Modern Chinese Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Werner Levi
Werner Levi
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University of Minnesota
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The Civil Code of the Republic of China was published during the years 1929–1931, the Criminal Code in 1935. A great number of other law codes were published before and during this period. Almost all of them have the legal systems of Continental European countries as their basis. The driving power behind this feverish legislative activity was the endeavor of the Republican regime to modernize China and to eliminate every pretext of Western powers to perpetuate extraterritoriality.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , May 1945 , pp. 263 - 273
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1945

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5 For an example see below.

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13 See below.

14 Supreme Court, Recueil, Suppl. 949—1919, p. 64.

15 Ibid., 949—1919, p. 64.

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17 Ibid., 861—1919, p. 65.

18 Supreme Court, L'Année, 439—1932, p. 143.

19 Ibid.

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28 Article 1124.

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39 Article 1128.

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50 Articles 976–979. In western law codes only women can demand compensation for immaterial damages for reasons based on the natural differences between the parties.

51 Article 975.

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65 Article 1053.

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