Contours of change: agrarian law in colonial Uganda, 1895-1962

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Title:	Contours of change: agrarian law in colonial Uganda, 1895-1962
Author:	Vincent, J.
Book title:	History and power in the study of law: new directions in legal anthropology
Year:	1989
Pages:	153-167
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Uganda
Subjects:	colonial law agricultural policy agriculture
Abstract:	A look at the various powerful interests in the colony and metropole engaged in the making of statutory law in early modern Uganda provide the background for looking at the actual legislation introduced and its heavily agrarian component. The three successively introduced bodies of law - transplanted imperial law, native feudal law, and so-called 'customary law' - corresponded to phases in the transformation of colonial agriculture and served to routinize agricultural practice. Bibliogr., notes.