000			02105nam a22002897a 4500
003			330010
005			20250621095815.0
008			240723b sa ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780702163616 _qPaperback
040			_c3228 _aRDA _bENGLISH
082			_a340.685 BENN
100			_aBENNETT, TW _93058
245			_aCustomary Law in South Africa
250			_a1st Ed.
260			_aLansdowne : _bJuta, _c2004.
300			_alv, 462 pages _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages xvii-xxxii) and index.
520			_aSummary: The position of customary law in the South African legal system has been much improved since the enactment of the new Constitution. As a constitutionally protected cultural heritage, customary law now enjoys a status equal to that of Roman-Dutch law. By drawing on a range of materials, both legal and and anthropological, from South Africa and elsewhere in Africa, this book provides a comprehensive account of the major branches of customary law: marriage, divorce, succession, children, courts and procedures, tradtional leadership, land tenure and the conflict of laws. Constant reference is made to the tensions generated by conflict between the Bill of Rights and the African legal tradition. The book also explores the complex nature of customary law, which exists in oral traditions, in codes, precedents and academic texts and, above all, in the system of living norms that regulate the everyday lives of the great majority of South Africans.
521			_aAdult
650			_21. Concept and Theory -- 2. Recognition, Ascertainment and Application -- 3. The Right to Culture and the Constitution -- 4. Traditional Leaders -- 5. Courts -- 6. Procedure -- 7. The Family -- 8. Marriage -- 9. Consequences of Marriage -- 10. Dissolution of Marriage -- 11. Children -- 12. Succession -- 13. Land Tenure.
651			_aSouth Africa
654			_2Customary law South Africa
655			_aNon-fiction _9190173
690			_2716707825
700			_aJohn Bennett, Wyvern, Cape Town, Shumani Printers _9192562
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _y190 _zDudu Mondlane
999			_c765580 _d765579