完善我国无效婚姻制度的思考

修改后的婚姻法中首次规定了无效婚姻制度,并通过其后的两次司法解释加以补充完善,这无疑是我国在婚姻立法方面的一大进步。但我国的无效婚姻制度的规定,仍然存在着许多的缺陷与不足。加强对婚姻家庭法制的研究,从以下几方面进一步完善婚姻法：对现有无效婚姻的范围作出进一步的的界定;适当扩大可撤销婚姻的范围;建立健全无效婚姻的法律救济制度;完善确认无效婚姻效力的程序。     

对“结婚禁止条件”条款的重新检视

现行婚姻法从优生学和伦理学的角度出发,规定了直系血亲及三代以内旁系血亲禁止结婚,其他则未见禁止。随着社会认识的逐渐进步,结合国外的研究成果对我国婚姻禁止条款重新检视,提出应增加：拟制直系血亲、三代以内不同辈的拟制旁系血亲禁止结婚;直系姻亲及三代以内不同辈的旁系姻亲禁止结婚;在禁止结婚条件中应明确对社会特殊群体婚姻权利的保护,使之符合婚姻家庭的本质及发展规律,从而推动中国婚姻制度的完善。     

摩梭婚俗与其适应性文化

摩梭人特殊的母系大家庭和走婚习俗,是其独特文化适应性灵活调适的结果,对于外来文化一边吸收一边整合,使其成为自己文化的一部分,使其为自己的文化服务。摩梭文化高度灵活的适应性使其保持了"依度"为核心的家屋文化,特殊的走婚方式就是满足其生存和发展的最佳选择。     

离婚时夫妻一方婚前按揭购买婚后共同还贷房屋性质的认定与分割——兼评《婚姻法解释（三）》（征求意见稿）第11条

近年来,离婚时夫妻一方婚前按揭购买婚后共同还贷房屋性质的认定与分割成为我国司法实践中的热点问题。对此问题的处理,一些省高级人民法院的司法指导意见不尽一致。针对此问题,《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国婚姻法〉若干问题的解释（三）》（征求意见稿）第11条的相关规定具有一定的合理性,但其是否公平保障了基于基本人权而衍生的婚姻家庭住房权仍有待商榷。作者认为,对此问题的处理,应当综合考虑以下四个因素：夫妻双方的约定、房屋产权登记的时间、夫妻共同财产还贷部分所占购房款总额的比例以及婚姻家庭住房居住权的保障。     

我国登记离婚法律制度的发展与完善

随着社会的发展,登记离婚在我国呈逐年较大幅度上升的趋势,并带来一系列的社会问题。从我国离婚登记法律制度的发展、对人们婚姻状况的影响去反思离婚登记法律制度的缺陷,探讨如何从立法层面制定更加符合我国国情的离婚登记法律制度,对保护妇女儿童的合法权益,提高人们幸福和谐的指数有一定的社会意义。     

当代青年婚恋观变化中出现的新问题

当代青年的婚恋观正随着社会的变迁悄然嬗变,青年在婚恋关系中的主体意识和个性已明显增强,但婚恋的不稳定性、商品化、忽视道德规范的行为也在悄然增长。探索如何引导青年形成正确的婚恋观,重构家庭伦理文化,是当前青年研究的一个重要课题。     

Marriage and the crisis of peasant society in Gujarat,India

ABSTRACT

This contribution takes marriage as the example of a crisis of production and reproduction in rural India. Through the juxtaposition of ethnography separated by six decades, we detail a shift away from land and agriculture as the primary markers of status among the Patidars of central Gujarat, western India, in favour of a hierarchical understanding of international migration. The paper discusses the disconnect between a cultural revolution in favour of migration, and the failure of many to live up to their own cultural standards. More broadly, we reflect on the forces that simultaneously strengthen and dissolve caste inequality in the context of India's uneven growth.     

Performing the Filipina “mail-order bride”: Queer neoliberalism,affective labor,and homonationalism

The 2005 video/performance art piece, Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride, by the Filipina American performance-art ensemble, the Mail Order Brides, examines the role of affective labor in constituting gay marriage as a form of US homonational belonging. In a contemporary context of capitalist globalization, Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride critiques the subjugation of the third-world woman worker within a queer neoliberal logic, highlighting the inability of the mainstream US LGBT movement to address issues of race, migration, and labor. The Mail Order Brides enact forms of feminist camp and ethnic drag to denaturalize the affective labor that is embodied within the figure of the Filipina “mail-order bride.” In doing so, Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride links an analysis of transnational Filipina labor with a critique of queer cultural politics in the US In its critique of queer neoliberalism, Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride builds on and contributes to queer of color social movements committed to racial and economic justice.     

Lost in Translation

Conservative, and particularly religious opponents of enhancement technologies and of prolonging life indefinitely face formidable challenges from policymakers who are largely liberated from any forms of Christian moral consensus. This is the predicament of Daniel Callahan and others who are unable to translate their inescapably religious objections in secular terms.

The Special Court for Sierra Leone’s Consideration of Gender-based Violence: Contributing to Transitional Justice?

Serious gender-based crimes were committed against women and girls during Sierra Leone’s decade-long armed conflict. This article examines how the Special Court for Sierra Leone has approached these crimes in its first four judgments. The June 20, 2007 trial judgment in the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council case assists international criminal law’s limited understanding of the crime against humanity of forced marriage, but also collapses evidence of that crime into the war crime of outrages upon personal dignity. The February 22, 2008 appeals judgment attempts to correct this misstep. In contrast, the August 2, 2007 trial judgment in the Civil Defence Forces case is virtually silent on crimes committed against women and girls, although the May 28, 2008 appeals judgment attempts to partially redress this silence. This article concludes that the four judgments, considered together, raise the specter that the Special Court could potentially fail to make a significant progressive contribution to gender-sensitive transitional justice.