ACLS Humanities E-Book: African women & the law: historical perspectives

African women & the law: historical perspectives

Hay, Margaret Jean., Wright, Marcia.

Year: c1982.

Publisher: Boston University, African Studies Center.

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Introduction

PART I: WOMEN AND THE LAW IN PRE-MODERN STATES

1. The Misfortunes of Some - The Advantages of Others: Land Sales by Women in Sinnar

2. Women, Property, and Litigation Among the Bagemder Amhara, 1750s to 1850s

3. Justice, Women, and the Social Order in Abercorn, Northeastern Rhodesia, 1897-1903

PART II: THEORETICAL STANDPOINTS FOR INVESTIGATION AND INTERPRETATION

4. Making Customary Law: Men, Women, and Courts in Colonial Northern Rhodesia

5. The Articulation of Legal Spheres

6. Outside the Courts: Extra-Legal Strategies for Subordinating Women

7. Women as Owners, Occupants, and Managers of Property in Colonial Western Kenya

PART III: MODERN STATES AND URBAN WOMEN

8. Passes and Bypasses: Freedom of Movement for African Women Under the Urban Areas Act of South Africa

9. Women's Rights in Law and Practice: Marriage and Dispute Settlement in Colonial Lagos

Notes on Contributors

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Title:

African women & the law : historical perspectives edited by Margaret Jean Hay and Marcia Wright.

Author:

Hay, Margaret Jean; Wright, Marcia

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African women & the law : historical perspectives edited by Margaret Jean Hay and Marcia Wright.
Hay, Margaret Jean, Wright, Marcia
[Boston]: Boston University, African Studies Center, c1982.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.04127

Subject Headings:

• Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Africa -- History

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• Papers presented at a conference held at Columbia University in April 1979.
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