TY - BOOK AU - Wong, Max W. L. PY - 2020 DA - 2020// TI - Chinese marriage and social change: the legal abolition of concubinage in Hong Kong PB - Springer CY - Singapore KW - Concubinage KW - China KW - Hong Kong KW - History KW - Marriage KW - Marriage law KW - China ; Hong Kong AB - Part I. The issues -- Part II. Concubinage in Chinese law and society -- The meaning of T'sip in Qing law -- Judicial construction of T'sip in Chinese family law in East Asia : a comparative perspective -- Part III. Concubines and colonialism -- The origins of the Strickland Report and the search for the Chinese customary law and custom in Hong Kong -- The Colonial Office and the abolition of concubinage -- The Marriage Reform Ordinance 1971 and its aftermath -- Part IV. Reflections -- Judicial approach : two cases in the Court of Final Appeal. SN - 9789811516436 LA - English N1 - Max WL Wong ID - 1727174186 ER -