Chiefs in South Africa - Law, Culture, and Power in the Post-Apartheid Era

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Oomen is Assistant Professor of Law at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Klappentext This book examines the ongoing resurgence of traditional power structures in South Africa. Oomen assesses the relation between the changing legal and socio-political position of traditional authority and customary law and what these changes can teach us about the interrelation between law, politics, and culture in the post-modern world. Zusammenfassung This book examines the ongoing resurgence of traditional power structures in South Africa. Oomen assesses the relation between the changing legal and socio-political position of traditional authority and customary law and what these changes can teach us about the interrelation between law! politics! and culture in the post-modern world.

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• Authors: Na Na, Barbara Oomen, Barbara (Universiteit Utrecht Oomen
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2005
• EAN: 9781403970855
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7085-5
• No. of pages: 287
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Political Science, Africa, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Sociology, general, African History, African Politics, Palgrave History Collection, Africa—Politics and government, Africa—History, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Africa;culture;law