Chiefs in South Africa
Subtitle: law, power & culture in the post-apartheid era
By: Barbara Oomen
Publisher: James Currey; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Palgrave
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; Pietermaritzburg, S.A; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Tribal government -- South Africa; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-
Description: The author questions what the relationship is between traditional authority, custom and culture and customary law in the new South Africa, why the relationship is changing and what it teaches us about the interrelation between laws, politics and culture in the post-modern world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-266) and index