Marriage, land and custom : essays on law and social change in South Africa

Marriage, land and custom : essays on law and social change in South Africa

Marriage, land and custom : essays on law and social change in South Africa

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Edition Details

  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): South Africa
  • Publication Information: Claremont : Juta, 2013
  • Material: Internet resource
  • Type: Book, Internet Resource
  • Other titles: Marriage, land & custom
  • Permalink: https://books.lawi.asia/marriage-land-and-custom-essays-on-law-and-social-change-in-south-africa/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

VIII, 408 page : ILlustrations ; 23 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Marriage, land and custom : essays on law and social change in South Africa is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

  • Publisher: Juta
  • Responsable Person: editors, Aninka Claassens and Dee Smythe, general editor, Graham Bradfield.
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Country/State: South Africa
  • Number of Editions: 2 editions
  • First edition Date: 2013
  • Last edition Date: 2013
  • General Notes: Originally published as Acta Juridica 2013.
    “Published under the auspices of the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town.”
  • Languages: English
  • Library of Congress Code: KTL449.3
  • Dewey Code: 340.50968
  • ISBN: 9781485101529 1485101522
  • OCLC: 870897550

Main Contents

Marriage, land and custom : what's law got to do with it? Women, marriage and land : findings from a three-site survey
Securing women's customary rights in land : the fallacy of institutional recognition
Women'sland rights and social change in rural South Africa : the case of Msinga, Kwazulu-Natal
Contesting customary law in the Eastern Cape : gender, place and land tenure
Women's eviction in Msinga : the uncertainties of seeking justice
Women, marriage and domestic arrangements in rural Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Changing patterns of marriage and cohabitation in South Africa
Declining rates of marriage in South Africa : what do the numbers and analysts say?
How social security becomes social insecurity : fluid hoseholds, crisis talk and the value of grants in a Kwazulu-Nata.

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