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010 _a2004-028022
020 _a0325002584 (pbk : alk. paper)
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039 _y 201609271600
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_dDLC
082 _a346.662301/5/09041
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092 _a346.6623015 ROB
100 _aRoberts, Richard L.,
_d1949-
245 _a Litigants and households :
_bAfrican disputes and colonial courts i n the French Soudan, 1895-1912 /
_cRichard Roberts.
260 _aPortsmouth, NH :
_bHeinemann,
_cc2005.
300 _axii, 309 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
440 _aSocial history of Africa,
_x1099-8098
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.
505 _a"Disputes without significance" : African social history and colonia l courts at a time of social transformation -- The foundations of the F rench colonial legal system in West Africa, 1673-1903 -- Customs and le gal authority in the native courts -- The courts, the end of slavery, a nd the landscapes of power -- Women seeking divorce, men seeking contro l -- Bridewealth as contract -- Conflicts over property -- Disputing in heritance.
650 _aDomestic relations
_zMali
_xHistory.
650 _aCustomary law
_zMali
_xHistory.
650 _aColonies
_xLaw and legislation
_zFrance.
852 _dMISR
942 _2ddc
_cBK
999 _c588065
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