The unofficial urban courts in Freetown
By: by Barbara Harrell-Bond
Series: Africa, 1979 -- no. 37-40
Publisher: American Universities Field Staff
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Hanover, N. H
Language: eng
Subjects: Courts; Administration of Justice; Social life and customs; Customary law courts; Customary law; Islamic law; Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The institutionalization of tribal headmen.; title: pt. 2. Conditions of life and the culture of the urban poor.; title: pt. 3. Organization, procedures and financial practices.; title: pt. 4. The types of cases.