The Study On The Marriage Legislation Of The Period Of The Nanjing National Government

The marriage legislation of the period of the Nanjing National Government, is an important step in the process of the modernization of the Chinese law process. especially, ,which was enacted in 1930 and enforced in 1931 by the central government in Nanjing, is an actual marriage law in the modern sense.It had accelerated the process of the modernization of the Chinese marriage law, and its role in the history of the Chinese marriage law cannot be challenged. The article attempts to analyze the Chinese marriage law during the period from the following respects.Firstly, the part discusses the legislation background of the period of the Nanjing National Government. The occurrence of each historical event has its specific social and environmental reasons, and so we must put it in a specific social environment to study it, in order to be on the correct understanding of historical events. The domestic and the international community had changed dramatically during the period of the Nanjing National government. The Chinese marriage legislation had taken place in the great, which is closely and inseparably related to domestic political, economic and cultural changes. At the same time, foreign marriage legislation had been a great change, which would certainly had an impact on the institution of the Chinese marriage. Therefore, it is necessary to make a detailed analysis and study on the social situation at that time, so as to lay a good groundwork for the study of the marriage legislation.Secondly, the part discusses the historical evolution and the main content changes of the marriage legislation of the Nanjing National Government, which is divided into two parts. The main content of the first part is the legal origin of marriage legislation. China is a ancient country with a long history, whose cultural development chain does not break off. Such too is the marriage legislation. Based on the prior foundings of the domestic marriage legislation and absorbing foreign advanced the concept of marriage, it was made. The second part is for the main contents changes of the marriage legislation. The author tied to analyse the contents from the four aspects.Thirdly, it is about the features of the Chinese marriage system in Early 20th Century. Marriage system is part of the social superstructure, whose formation and development are closely related to the political, economic and cultural development. The Chinese politics, economy and culture had taken place in the great in Early 20th Century and showed a serious imbalance in the development, so was marriage legislation. Therefore, we can get a correct understanding of the marriage legislation of the Nanjing National Government though analyzing the problem.