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The S.M. Otieno case : death and burial in modern Kenya / edited by J.B. Ojwang and J.N.K. Mugambi ; contributors, G.O. Aduwo ... [et al.].
- Title
- The S.M. Otieno case : death and burial in modern Kenya / edited by J.B. Ojwang and J.N.K. Mugambi ; contributors, G.O. Aduwo ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Nairobi, Kenya : Nairobi University Press, 1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KNY 905.03 S 1989 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- v, 192 p.,[8] p. of plates : ill., map; 21 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Nairobi (1987)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Death and burial in modern Kenya--an introduction / J.B. Ojwang -- Some socio-legal issues / M.D. Okech-Owiti -- Death and burial--an anthropological perspective / A.B.C. Ocholla-Ayayo -- Loss and bereavement / P.W. Kariuki -- The rural bias of Kenya's urbanisation / R.A. Obudho and G.O Aduwo -- Traditionalism and modernisation in Kenya--customs, spirits and Christianity / H. Odera Oruka -- Semantic issues / D. Okoth-Okombo -- Conflicts of law and burial / S.C. Wanjala -- The burial law of Kenya--do we need a statute? / A. Okoth-Owiro -- African tradition and western common law--a study in contradiction / J.W. Van Doren.
- Customary law in the Kenyan legal system--an old debate revived / H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo -- The future of customary law in Kenya / E. Cotran -- The African heritage--change and continuity / J.N.K. Mugambi.
- ISBN
- 9966846018
- LCCN
- ^^^89981173^
- OCLC
- 22726494
- SCSB-10318690
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library