Download or read book Marriage and the Law in the Age of Khubilai Khan written by Bettine Birge and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These thirteenth-century legal cases from the classic compendium Yuan dianzhang reveal the complex, contradictory inner workings of the Mongol-Yuan legal system, as seen through the prism of divorce, adultery, rape, wife-selling, and other marital disputes. Bettine Birge offers a meticulously annotated translation and analysis.