Getting Caught and Getting Hitched: An Assessment of the Relationship Between Police Intervention,Life Chances,and Romantic Unions

Little research has assessed the link between formal police intervention, financial hardship, and the formation and quality of romantic relationships. Using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, we contribute to this literature by examining effects of police intervention at two time points on marriage stability and romantic relationship quality. We find that police intervention during adolescence is associated with increases in financial hardship during young adulthood, which, in turn, decreases the odds of entering into a stable marriage by age 31 and the extent to which those who have a romantic relationship feel their partner is supportive. Early police intervention also is indirectly associated with a reduction in partner satisfaction and an increase in partner violence via young adult arrest. We conclude that even minimally invasive contact with the criminal justice system during adolescence has long-lasting collateral consequences in the family arena.     

MIS‐MATCHED: TAKING A STATE APPROACH TO ENFORCING THE GROWING INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING INDUSTRY

Each year, hundreds of U.S. men and foreign women find their future spouses through international matchmaking agencies. Foreign women are attracted to the opportunity for a life in America and men are offered money‐back guarantees to find the perfect wife. An alarming number of these unions however, have resulted in the abuse, exploitation and even death of foreign women at the hands of their U.S. citizen husbands. While the federal International Marriage Broker Regulation Act requires disclosure of a male client's criminal background history prior to communicating with a potential foreign bride, the Act does not impose any requirements for disclosure of information about the international marriage brokers themselves. Thus the peddlers behind the rapidly growing industry are largely unaccounted for, with no one really knowing who they are or where they are operating. This Note proposes that states fill the enforcement gap by adopting a statute requiring international marriage brokers to register and become certified to do business with state residents. This legislation will result in collecting much needed data on international marriage brokers, create more transparency in the international matchmaking industry and prevent potential violence and abuse of foreign women.     

离婚的财产法后果：批评性评析和欧洲前景展望

离婚后扶养、净益补偿和养老金补偿是德国离婚财产法补偿制度的三大支柱。近年来,这三大制度都经历了不同程度的修订和改革。这些改革在净益和养老金补偿方面产生了对离婚以后的经济负担合理分配的结果,但是在扶养法领域改革却发生了相反的影响,照顾子女的妇女所遭受的不利益没有得到足够的补偿。2010年2月4日签署的德法协定提供了一个适用于德法跨国婚姻的统一夫妻财产制规则。这一跨国的统一实体法规则可能为未来欧洲统一婚姻法提供了蓝本。     

校园BBS折射下的大学生婚恋观

大学生正处在人生观、价值观、世界观形成的重要时期，关注高校BRS论坛，把握学生婚恋思想现状，将是加强大学生德育工作，提高大学生婚恋道德的一个切入点。有助于我们找出问题，认真分析研究，以推进当代大学生婚恋思想道德建设。     

无效婚姻法律规范的冲突与协调——新《婚姻法》、《婚姻登记条例》以及最高法院相关解释的理解与适用

我国婚姻法修正后确立了无效婚姻制度,在此基础上,最高人民法院司法解释和民政部《婚姻登记条例》也相继出台,这是我国婚姻立法的一大进步。但在若干具体制度的设置上尚存在不完善之处。从理论和现实出发,探讨无效婚姻的模式、范围、程序和合法化等法律问题,分析无效婚姻法律规范的冲突,并就无效婚姻立法的协调提出自己的建议。     

以研究促进政策和法律纳入社会性别视角——社会性别与法律/政策项目的探索

全国妇联妇女研究所主持的社会性别与法律研究项目的研究表明,虽然在中国政策和法律中几乎看不到直接的歧视,但是,大量的看似性别中立的政策在实际中对妇女发展不利。为了创造一个有利于妇女发展的环境,在政策和法律中制定积极政策和措施十分必要。同时,还应当鼓励法律/政策的执行者从积极的角度解读政策并创造性地工作,在现有政策框架内尽最大可能促进社会性别平等。     

试论非婚生子女的家庭法律保护

随着人们婚育观念的变化,非婚生子女出生数量不断增加,强化对这一社会弱势群体的法律保护,是新时期立法的重点。应用"亲生子女"取消非婚生子女这一歧视性概念,建立非婚生子女的认领制度,解决非婚生子女生父的确认问题;扩大我国现有对继父母、继子女概念的解释,将非婚生子女与父或母的配偶关系,确定为继父母子女关系;规定非婚生子女生父或生母对子女的探望权,另一方的协助义务。     

略论事实婚的重婚罪

目前 ,我国出现了相当数量事实婚重婚的现象。根据新刑法及有关司法解释的规定 ,对事实婚的重婚行为以重婚罪定罪处罚并未违反罪刑法定原则。为了更好地惩罚事实婚的重婚罪 ,我国最高人民法院应就事实婚重婚行为可构成重婚罪的问题 ,制定一个新的、比较完善的司法解释。     

我国事实婚姻问题的婚姻法规制

我国历次婚姻法均没有关于事实婚姻的规定。实践中,非依婚姻登记而成立的婚姻普遍存在,并不断引发纠纷。法律的空白和司法解释的不确定性,使事实婚姻问题难以得到合理解决,难以为当事人提供适度的人文关怀,不利于婚姻家庭的稳定与发展。我国婚姻法应该首先改革我国的结婚形式要件,缩小事实婚姻的范围。其次将欠缺婚姻成立形式要件的事实婚姻明确定性为无效婚姻,用无效婚姻制度平衡各项法益。