Intolerable cruelty : marriage, law, and society in early twentieth-century China / Margaret Kuo.

List of tables
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Law and the state
Introduction
GMD legal exceptionalism : conceptual underpinnings of the republican civil code
The rise of public opinion : the case of GMD surname legislation
The process of civil adjudication : marital justice and the republican civil court system
Law and society
Spousal abuse : divorce litigation and the emergence of rights consciousness
Running away : cohabitation litigation and the reconfiguration of husband patriarchy
Bourgeois affairs : separation and support litigation and injury to reputation
Natural eunuchs : husband impotence annulment litigation and legal opportunism
Conclusion
References
Glossary
Index
About the author.