Decoupling : gender injustice in China's divorce courts / Ethan Michelson, Indiana Unversity Bloomington.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

©2022.

xviii, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"Not long after immersing myself in this project, I began to visualize Sisyphus going to divorce court. His fate is an apt metaphor for the protracted and sometimes futile uphill struggle of China's mostly female divorce plaintiffs, whose petitions will almost certainly fail at first - even in cases involving domestic violence, regardless of the severity of the allegations or the strength of the evidence. Many plaintiffs give up on litigation, either resigning themselves to staying married to their abusers or pursuing divorce through civil government channels outside the court system. Of those who do return to court, most will eventually succeed, albeit sometimes only after multiple attempts and long delays"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Michelson, Ethan. Decoupling Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021

English

June 10, 2022

Cambridge studies in law and society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.