Right of Remarriage:Mediation of Marital Disputes by Customary Law Recorded in Qingshuijiang Marriage Documents
Referred to as the"freedom of remarriage"in marriage documents of Qingshui river area,"Silukaiqin"is a cus-tomary law written on the folk contract.With the interplay among the"initiators","promoters"and"blockers"of"Silukaiqin",a dynamic and repeated marriage order appeared.Actually,the fetters on women's freedom of remarriage were especially obvious:firstly,women are relatively passive to get a reason for freedom of remarriage.Secondly,women needed to reach an agreement on the contents of the dowry return and free contract under the advice of the intermediary in a certain way before they could get the right remarriage;third,under the traditional regulation,strong deterrence or neutralization of the customary law,women could only get the relative freedom of remarriage by obeying,resisting,or adjusting after the resolution of the right.
marriage documents in Qingshui river areaSilukaiqin(the right of remarriage)freedom to remarrycustomary lawmarital dispute
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