A Comparision of the Engagement in Mainland and Taiwan;

Thoughts about the Feasibility to Build the Engagement System in China

As the cancellation of affiance,the betrothal gifts should be returned.

The reliance interest loss of the adversary should be paid for when the client terminates the affiance without reasonable ground or his negligent act leads to the break of affiance.

The study on child bride,marriage contract,betrothal money and the right of divorce in the Old Babylonian period indicates that the study on the marital customs requires that the concerned clauses of Hammurabi Laws and marital documents complement and verify each .

As an antique system, marriage contract is widespread in countries in the world.

Nowadays the judicial organ can\'t solve a series of difficult problems such as the legal effect of marriage contract,recognition of action subjects,the bride-price attribution,damages,liability issues,and many other specific provisions of marriage contract,which is virtually a gap in Marriage Law of the People\'s Republic of China.

In marriage contract,the traditional male control of the female at will hindered the healthy development of the relation between the two sexes.

On the base of defining the nature of marriage,this paper defines the duality of marriage contract.

" Marriage Law " manifest the concept of marriage contract fully from the spirit of the legislation, although the contract theory is not explained as the general theory clearly in our country’s textbooks.