The unofficial urban courts in Freetown
By: by Barbara Harrell-Bond.
Series: Reports - American Universities Field Staff ; 1979, no. 37-40, Africa; Reports (American Universities Field Staff) ;; 1979, no. 37-40, Africa.
Publisher: AUFS
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Subjects: Customary law courts -- Sierra Leone -- Freetown; Customary law -- Sierra Leone -- Freetown; Islamic law -- Sierra Leone -- Freetown; Freetown (Sierra Leone) -- 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.