Law And Parctice: Marryiage Bans In The Qing Dynasty

Marryiage bans in the Qing Dynasty mainly includes three categories: Frist,identity. It includes that people have thesame are not allowed to get married,marrywith the clan’s wife are not allowed, people have different position are not allowed tomarry, monks and Taoist priest are not allowed to marry, forbid to marry with thewoman that commit the crime. Second, behavior.mainly include that have a wife isnot allowed, prohibit other imposter the bride or groom, force someone to marry withsomebody is not allowed. Third, time. Marry during a period of mourning isprohibited, not allowed to marry during the grandprents and parents in prison.Although banned condition is very detailed, punishment is very strict, still have a lotof illegal marriage. Because the influence of the economic conditions and marriagecustoms.Really deviate from the law has many reasons, such as marrige based on wealth,gender imbalance,these lead to get marriage have difficulties. The officials also hopepeople to drop the suit, and then abandon the action.During the investigation of thecases, some official are very flexible. This approach also encourages the illegalbehavior.Besides,some legal regulations in the Qing Dynasty Penal Code also veryrigid and inflexible. All of these result in regulatory exposure and the legal parcticeinconsistency.