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African women & the law: historical perspectives
Margaret Jean Hay and Marcia Wright-
Frontmatter
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Introduction (page v)
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PART I: WOMEN AND THE LAW IN PRE-MODERN STATES (page 1)
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1. The Misfortunes of Some - The Advantages of Others: Land Sales by Women in Sinnar (Jay Spaulding, page 3)
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2. Women, Property, and Litigation Among the Bagemder Amhara, 1750s to 1850s (Donald Crummey, page 19)
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3. Justice, Women, and the Social Order in Abercorn, Northeastern Rhodesia, 1897-1903 (Marcia Wright, page 33)
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PART II: THEORETICAL STANDPOINTS FOR INVESTIGATION AND INTERPRETATION (page 51)
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4. Making Customary Law: Men, Women, and Courts in Colonial Northern Rhodesia (Martin Chanock, page 53)
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5. The Articulation of Legal Spheres (Sally Engle Merry, page 68)
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6. Outside the Courts: Extra-Legal Strategies for Subordinating Women (Daisy Hilse Dwyer, page 90)
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7. Women as Owners, Occupants, and Managers of Property in Colonial Western Kenya (Margaret Jean Hay, page 110)
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PART III: MODERN STATES AND URBAN WOMEN (page 124)
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8. Passes and Bypasses: Freedom of Movement for African Women Under the Urban Areas Act of South Africa (Julia Wells, page 125)
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9. Women's Rights in Law and Practice: Marriage and Dispute Settlement in Colonial Lagos (Kristin Mann, page 151)
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Notes on Contributors (page 172)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JSAS | 10.1 (Oct. 1983): 141-142 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0305-7070%28198310%2910%3A1%3C141%3AAWATLH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V |
CJAS | 17.3 (1983): 573-574 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0008-3968%281983%2917%3A3%3C573%3AAWATLH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 |
IJAHS | 16.2 (1983): 306-308 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0361-7882%281983%2916%3A2%3C306%3AAWATLH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N |
JAFH | 26.1 (1985): 126-128 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8537%281985%2926%3A1%3C126%3AWEOTL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H |