Litigants and households
Subtitle: African disputes and colonial courts in the French Soudan, 1895-1912
By: Richard Roberts.
Series: Social history of Africa,
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Domestic relations -- Mali -- History.; Customary law -- Mali -- History.; Colonies -- Law and legislation -- France.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Disputes without significance" : African social history and colonial courts at a time of social transformation; title: The foundations of the French colonial legal system in West Africa, 1673-1903; title: Customs and legal authority in the native courts; title: The courts, the end of slavery, and the landscapes of power; title: Women seeking divorce, men seeking control; title: Bridewealth as contract; title: Conflicts over property; title: Disputing inheritance.