In the Shadow of Marriage - Gender and Justice in an African Community

Summary

A comparison between the traditional customary legal system and the colonial common law of courts and magistrates in Botswana. This study shows how the structure of both legal institutions is based on power and gender relations which heavily favour males, and which block women's access to law.

Product details

• Authors: Anne M. O. Griffiths
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.1998
• EAN: 9780226308753
• ISBN: 978-0-226-30875-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries