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General links

Database of Population and Family Planning Laws, Policies and Regulations 
Click here for other countries! China Fiji Indonesia Philippines Thailand Viet Nam. 1 Constitution 2 Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women 3 Marriage Law 4 Law of Succession 5 Labour Law 6 Law 
http://www.unescap.org/pop/database/law_china/chtitle.htm

Islamic Family Law 
Ford Foundation provides this study of Islamic law and its applications around the world and examines reform possibilities.
http://www.law.emory.edu/IFL

China

China Uniform Law Center 
STATUTES & REGULATIONS OF CHINA (ENGLISH TEXT) LEGAL RESEARCH LEGAL RESOURCES 
http://drakewang.163.net/

Update to Beyond the Border: The Chinese Legal Information System in
Cyberspace
By Joan Liu. Links to sources in English, bilingual or in Chinese.
http://www.llrx.com/features/china2.htm

China to Amend Marriage Law 
Headline Opinion China World Business Sports Education Sci-Tech Culture 
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200003/12/eng20000312N102.html

LAWSNET Chinese Family Law 
Chinese Family Law Info
http://www.lawsnet.com/china/ch-fam.htm

Ethiopia

FindLaw: International Resources: Countries: Ethiopia 
Findlaw - thousands of legal sites, cases, codes, forms, law reviews, law schools, bar associations, law firms, experts, cle courses, and much more.
http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/et.html

Islamic Family Law Project
Click on Legal in menu and select Ethiopia.
http://www.law.emory.edu/IFL/index2.html

Women's Rights In Islam
This report describes in Part I the Sharia (Islamic law) and its evolution
over the past 1,400 years. Part II analyzes aspects of the Sharia that are
especially relevant to Muslim women’s lives. Part III presents an overview of the Sharia’s role today in the lives of Muslim women in the Horn of Africa. http://www.csiw.org/Islam01.htm

CENTRE FOR THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF WOMEN (CSIW) 
Try emailing for more information: mailto:info@csiw.org

Lives and Deaths of an Ethiopian Midwife 
By Stephen Buckley Washington Post Foreign Service October 7, 1997
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/ethiopia/ethiopia.htm

Ethiopia Page
A most comprehensive List of lists.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Ethiopia.html

Scholar Presses for Speedy Enactment of New Family Law in Ethiopia 
... so far enacted, i.e. in 1948, 1980 and 1987 E.C., it was declared that the government would provide due protection for the institution of marriage. However, the 1948 E.C. constitution was silent on the issue of the equality of women with men in marriage while the 1980 E.C constitution promulgated under ...
http://archives.geez.org/AddisTribune/Archives/1998/10/30-10-98/Scholar.htm

Ethiopian Women Lawyers Propose Amendment to Articles 
... Women Lawyers Propose Amendment to Articles By Our Staff Reporter The Ethiopian Women Lawyers' Association (EWLA) has asked that the minimum marriage age for girls should be raised from 15 to 18. 
http://archives.geez.org/AddisTribune/Archives/1996/26-12-96/women.html

Vietnam

VIETNAM - A Country Study
Search for 'marriage' will lead you to "The Family since 1954". Data from USA Library of Congress, as of December 1987 http://rs6.loc.gov/frd/cs/vntoc.html

Marriage and Family Law updated
Vietnam News Online article June 10 2000
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2000-06/09/Stories/01.htm

Population and Family Planning
Instruction of the Prime Minister on the Review of 8 Years of implementing the Law on
Marriage and the Family;  Decree of the Government stipulating the Procedure of Marriage, Adoption of illegitimate Children, Adoption of Children, and Tutorship of Children between Vietnamese Citizens and Foreigner; Marriage and family Law
http://home.vnn.vn/tcvn/smes/htm/legal/pafp~1.html

Here comes the groom... but where’s the bride?
by Hoaøi Nhaät Thanh. The Chaêm people of An Giang Province are Islamic and have to observe Islamic rules in their daily life, — and their marriages. And not least their custom – the Lakhah – is no exception. http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2000-11/12/Stories/06.htm