Selected Regulations Related to the Marriage Law

Author: Compiled by the Legal Publishing House Regulations Center
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The Selected Regulations Series is a compact and practical collection of laws, focusing on helping ordinary citizens and legal students solve real-world problems and conveniently find relevant legal provisions while studying related courses. The series selects commonly used laws and regulations closely related to daily life and teaching, using them as the core, and organizes associated laws and regulations into categories. The series features are as follows:
1. The main core regulations in each volume are accompanied by guiding principles, which are clearly marked in the table of contents, allowing readers to quickly grasp the legal issues addressed by the core regulations through the table of contents.
2. The associated regulations provide in-depth and detailed provisions on specific aspects of the main core regulations. The series categorizes the included associated regulations, making their relationship to the main core regulations immediately clear and facilitating easy reference for readers.
3. The series adopts a double-column layout, which not only improves accessibility but also increases content volume, offering readers practical benefits.
4. Each volume includes selective supplementary introductions or important regulations indexes to provide further guidance for readers.
The Marriage Law affects everyone's life, so its formulation and revision always attract widespread public attention. The most recent revision of the Marriage Law, in 2001, drew even greater attention, sparking a nationwide discussion. Over the past two decades, China has undergone significant economic and social changes, leading to shifts in people's attitudes and values. New situations and issues have emerged in the field of marriage and family, such as extramarital affairs and mistresses, which have garnered increasing public concern. Additionally, domestic violence has gradually come to the forefront of public awareness, prompting discussions about the role of law in preventing and addressing such violence. As a result, the revision of the Marriage Law became imperative.
This revision of the Marriage Law maintains the fundamental principles and basic systems of marital and family relationships, such as marital freedom, gender equality, and monogamy, while also making corrections to specific provisions and adding new stipulations, such as prohibiting married individuals from cohabiting with others, prohibiting domestic violence, and establishing the duty of mutual fidelity and respect between spouses. This revision also further clarifies the scope of joint marital property and the composition of individual property.
Through this revision, the Marriage Law has enhanced its adaptability to social realities.