Historical Evolution and Judicial Dilemma of Bride Price in China

Abstract

Currently under the new situation of marriage in China, the collection of bride price is an objective social phenomenon with universality. And with the rapid economic growth and people's income level, the value involved in the bride price has also increased dramatically, easy to produce the scope of the bride price determination, the bride price return ratio and other civil disputes, and some even involved in criminal cases, the harmonious development of the whole society has a more direct impact. Therefore, how to deal with the legal issues related to the bride price based on the civil code and judicial interpretations and other laws and regulations, has certain theoretical and practical significance. This paper aims to start from the source of the bride price, combined with the history of the bride price and judicial practice, talk about the nature of the bride price in China's legal system, the scope of the determination of the ambiguity of the legislation, the return ratio, in order to provide a hole in the future judicial reform.