The article responds to the article by Weinberg in this issue. She traces the trajectory of court hearings concerning the contested inheritance of land in Botswana, which, after several prior judgements eventually resulted in a positive outcome for the woman litigants. I acknowledge the author’s key argument, which concerns the impact of power relations on the construction of customary law and the reproduction of knowledge in the courts. Certain versions of “custom” were promoted and others stilled to the disadvantage of women. I argue that the normative patterns of landholding are indeed gendered, but do not result in a binary structure of men and women. “Gender” should be disaggregated to take into account a range of status criteria withi...
This article explores the need for a more broadly based understanding of law, especially in the cont...
Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal...
Women are often understood to be highly marginalised in typical African customary land regimes. The ...
This article explores contemporary contestations surrounding women’s inheritance of land in Africa. ...
Scholarly interest in the co-existence of normative orders in African social fields tends to focus ...
In 2008, the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) was introduced in South Africa’s Parliament to regulate c...
This project explores women’s rights and customary law in South Africa, and compares regions where l...
In many African societies, there are various forms and levels of cultural gender infringement of hum...
This article examines the challenges legal pluralism poses in legal systems, especially in relation ...
Several changes have occurred in South Africa within the customary law system to ensure gender justi...
The article analyses property relations among the Anlo and the Asante of Ghana. Due to discriminator...
South African customary law has a significant impact on the personal lives of the majority of Africa...
Part I of this article briefly describes customary law and explores the effect of colonialism on leg...
Studies draw attention to gender inequalities in land tenure. While some insist that gender inequali...
Several changes have occurred in South Africa within the customary law system to ensure gender justi...
This article explores the need for a more broadly based understanding of law, especially in the cont...
Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal...
Women are often understood to be highly marginalised in typical African customary land regimes. The ...
This article explores contemporary contestations surrounding women’s inheritance of land in Africa. ...
Scholarly interest in the co-existence of normative orders in African social fields tends to focus ...
In 2008, the Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) was introduced in South Africa’s Parliament to regulate c...
This project explores women’s rights and customary law in South Africa, and compares regions where l...
In many African societies, there are various forms and levels of cultural gender infringement of hum...
This article examines the challenges legal pluralism poses in legal systems, especially in relation ...
Several changes have occurred in South Africa within the customary law system to ensure gender justi...
The article analyses property relations among the Anlo and the Asante of Ghana. Due to discriminator...
South African customary law has a significant impact on the personal lives of the majority of Africa...
Part I of this article briefly describes customary law and explores the effect of colonialism on leg...
Studies draw attention to gender inequalities in land tenure. While some insist that gender inequali...
Several changes have occurred in South Africa within the customary law system to ensure gender justi...
This article explores the need for a more broadly based understanding of law, especially in the cont...
Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal...
Women are often understood to be highly marginalised in typical African customary land regimes. The ...