| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
I. THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE TSWANA TRIBES; The Native Population of the Protectorate; The Tribe; Territorial Organization; The Family and Household; The Family-Group; The Kindred; The Ward; The Section; Sex and Age Differentiation; Rank and Social Classes; II. THE NATURE AND SOURCES OF TSWANA LAW; Custom and Law; Sources of Tswana Law; Recent Changes in the Law; The Problem of Recognition |
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Civil and Criminal LawRemedies and Punishments; Responsibility and Intent; III. THE TRIBAL CONSTITUTION; I. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; The Chieftainship; Order of Succession; Rights and Duties of the Heir; Installation Ceremonies; Regency; The Chief's Prerogatives and Wealth; The Servants of the Chief; The Chief's Duties and Obligations; The Relatives of the Chief; Tribal Councils; The Advisers of the Chief; Councils of Headmen; Tribal Assemblies; Limitations upon the Power of the Chief; IV. THE TRIBAL CONSTITUTION (contd.); II. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION; The Family-Group; The Ward; The Village |
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The DistrictThe Section; V. THE TRIBAL CONSTITUTION (contd.); III. THE REGIMENTAL ORGANIZATION; Men's Regiments; Initiation Ceremonies; Organization and Activities; Mobilization and Discipline; Women's Regiments; VI. THE TRIBAL CONSTITUTION (contd.); IV. CITIZENSHIP; Acquisition of Citizenship; Loss of Citizenship; Rights and Duties of the Subject; VII. FAMILY LAW; I. MARRIAGE; Preliminaries to Marriage; Conditions of Marriage; Betrothal Ceremonies; Usages of the Betrothal Period; Dissolution of Engagement; Wedding Ceremonies; Bogadi; Significance; Nature, Amount, Contributors; Delivery |
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AllocationConsequences of Non-Payment; Recovery; Abandonment of the Bogadi Practice; VIII. FAMILY LAW (contd.); II. HUSBAND AND WIFE; Relations with Relatives-in-Law; Domestic Authority; Economic Relations; Sexual Relations; Sterility and Impotence; Marital Infidelity; Quarrels and their Settlement; Divorce; Death of Husband or Wife; Fate of Widows; Remarriage of Widowers; IX. FAMILY LAW (contd.); III. PARENTS AND CHILDREN; Legitimacy; Children of Married Women; Children of Unmarried Women; Adoption; Parental Control; Duties of the Father; Duties of the Mother; Duties of Children |
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Enforcement of DisciplineTreatment of Disputes; X. FAMILY LAW (contd.); IV. KINSHIP OBLIGATIONS; Brothers and Sisters; Paternal Relatives; Maternal Relatives; Guardianship and Minority; Death of Father; Death of Mother; Death of Both Parents; XI. LAW OF PROPERTY; I. LAND TENURE; Residential Land; Demarcation and Distribution; Acquisition; Rights of Ownership; Arable Land; Demarcation and Distribution; Acquisition; Rights of Ownership; Grazing and Water Rights; Hunting Rights; Wood and other Natural Resources; XII. LAW OF PROPERTY (contd.); II. LIVESTOCK AND OTHER PROPERTY; Livestock |
| Summary |
Originally published in 1938, the primary object of this book was to place on record, for the information and guidance of government officials and of the Tswana themselves, the traditional and modern laws and related customs of the Tswana tribes of the Bechuanaland Protectorate. The author was invited in 1934 by the Administration of the Protectorate to undertake the compilation of such a record and the book does not pretend to give a complete account of Tswana life, but deals only with those aspects which may be regarded as falling within the province of tribal law |
| Notes |
Originally published by Frank Cass and Company Limited, London, 1938. Digital impression published from 1970 edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Acquisition of Cattle |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 17, 2021) |
| Subject |
Law, Tswana.
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Customary law -- Botswana -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Customary law
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Law, Tswana
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Botswana
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429641282 |
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0429641281 |
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9780429638114 |
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0429638116 |
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9780429030727 |
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042903072X |
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9780429634949 |
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0429634943 |
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