Law and the Family in Africa
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-90-279-7663-5 (ISBN)
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Establishing paternity and demanding child support in a Ghanaian town -- 3. Law in the context of Nkoya society -- 4. Family dispute settlement and the Zambian judiciary: local-level legal adaptation -- 5. To claim or not to claim: changing views about the restitution of marriage prestations among the Anufom in Northern Togo -- 6. Judicial manipulation of customary family law in Tanzania -- 8. Problems of creation and dissolution of customary marriages in Nigeria -- 9. The effect of marriage on the status of children in Ghana -- 10. The choice of law dilemma in Lesotho: some criteria for decision making in family law -- 11. Marriage in Kwahu, Ghana -- 12. The emergence of the 'stranger-permit marriage' and other new forms of conjugal union in rural Sierra Leone -- 13. Nullity of marriage and divorce: relevance of a western distinction to modern African law -- 14. The Kgatla marriage: concepts of validity -- Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.1977 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Change and Continuity in Africa |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 410 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
| Schlagworte | Afrika • Domestic relations • Familienrecht |
| ISBN-10 | 90-279-7663-5 / 9027976635 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-279-7663-5 / 9789027976635 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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