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Author:

Roberts, Richard L., 1949-

Title:

Litigants and households : African disputes and colonial courts in the French Soudan, 1895-1912 / Richard Roberts.

Publisher:

Heinemann,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Domestic relations--Mali--History.
Customary law--Mali--History.
Colonies--Law and legislation--France.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.

Contents:

"Disputes without significance" : African social history and colonial courts at a time of social transformation -- The foundations of the French colonial legal system in West Africa, 1673-1903 -- Customs and legal authority in the native courts -- The courts, the end of slavery, and the landscapes of power -- Women seeking divorce, men seeking control -- Bridewealth as contract -- Conflicts over property -- Disputing inheritance -- The importance of "disputes without significance".

Series:

Social history of Africa, 1099-8098

ISBN:

9780325002583 (pbk : alk. paper)
0325002584 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780325002590 (alk. paper)
0325002592 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57168315

LCCN:

2004028022

Locations:

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)