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A comparison between the traditional customary legal system and the colonial common law of courts and magistrates in Botswana. This study shows how the structure of both legal institutions is based on power and gender relations which heavily favour males, and which block women's access to law.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226308753, 978-0226308753
      ISBN10: 0226308758
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      Book Synopsis
      A comparison between the traditional customary legal system and the colonial common law of courts and magistrates in Botswana. This study shows how the structure of both legal institutions is based on power and gender relations which heavily favour males, and which block women's access to law.

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