Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Boston : Boston University, African Studies Center, c1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hay, Margaret Jean.
• Wright, Marcia.

Description

xiv, 173 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Boston University papers on Africa ; 7

Alternative Title

African women and the law

Subject

• Women > Legal status, laws, etc > Africa > History

Note

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

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The misfortunes of some - the advantages of others : land sales by women in Sinnar / Jay Spaulding -- Women, property, and litigation among the Bagemder Amhara, 1750s to 1850s / Donald Crummey -- Justice, women, and the social order in Abercorn, northeastern Rhodesia, 1897-1903 / Marcia Wright -- Making customary law : men, women, and courts in colonial Northern Rhodesia / Martin Chanock -- The articulation of legal spheres / Sally Engle Merry -- Outside the courts : extra-legal strategies for subordinating women / Daisy Hilse Dwyer -- Women as owners, occupants, and managers of property in colonial western Kenya / Margaret Jean Hay -- Passes and bypasses : freedom of movement for African women under the Urban Areas Act of South Africa / Julia Wells -- Women's rights in law and practice : marriage and dispute settlement in colonial Lagos / Kristin Mann.

Call Number

L-10 8609 v. 7

LCCN

82231480

OCLC

8956594

Title

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

Imprint

Boston : Boston University, African Studies Center, c1982.

Series

Boston University papers on Africa ; 7

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Hay, Margaret Jean.

Wright, Marcia.

Research Call Number

L-10 8609 v. 7