Marriage Theory Of Hegel And The Contemporary Meaning

Marriage and Contract not only the important concept of the law, but also the important concept of the ethics.In modern times,contract is equally to bargain.Marriage is defined as a man and a woman who regard each other as partner for a long time—the relationship is due to the marriage.That is to say,Marriage is equally to the contract in modern times."Marriage does not belong to Contracf" in Hegel’s Elements of legal philosophy. If the marriage happened just as contract,the marriage will be desecration.Hegel said that contract is belong to "the law of abstraction",the foundation is arbitrary,and marriage is belong to ethics that is higher than the law of abstraction.We can understand that marriage is different from contract due to Hegel’ works.He said that love of ethics as the foundation of the marriage,the principe of the monogamy is based as element to protect the holiness of the marriage. But the marriage has the relationship with the contract.Because the marriage ’stability is based on contract,and marriage is surpassed contract due to marriage belongs to ethics.Discussing the marriage and contract theory can provide theoretical foundation to consolidate modern marriage,and can offer some good references on marriage.