Anne Griffiths went to Botswana to establish a university course in family law. After careful observation, Griffiths discovered that both colonial common law and local customary law is based on power and gender relations that heavily favor males. Griffith shows how law and custom are inseparable, and African women's access to law is determined by social relations over which they have little control. Photos. Maps. Drawings.
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Anne Griffiths went to Botswana to establish a university course in family law. After careful observation, Griffiths discovered that both colonial common law and local customary law is based on power and gender relations that heavily favor males. Griffith shows how law and custom are inseparable, and African women's access to law is determined by social relations over which they have little control. Photos. Maps. Drawings.
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Ex-Library. "Griffiths shows how the traditional customary legal system and colonial common law are both based on power and gender relations that heavily favor males." [from publisher] Includes twenty-four black & white illustrations, glossary, bibliographical references, and index. Ex-library with usual markings, not affecting text, lacking a dustjacket.
