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

Author: Richard L Roberts
Publisher: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2005.
Series: Social history of Africa
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Richard L Roberts
ISBN: 0325002592 9780325002590 0325002584 9780325002583
OCLC Number: 57168315
Description: xii, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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.
Series Title: Social history of Africa
Responsibility: Richard Roberts.
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