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Title:Support for women with dependent children under the customary system of the Bakwena and the Roman-Dutch common and statutory law of Botswana
Author:Griffiths, AnneISNI
Year:1984
Periodical:Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
Issue:22
Pages:1-15
Language:English
Geographic term:Botswana
Subjects:customary law
Roman-Dutch law
women
law
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/07329113.1984.10756280
Abstract:This paper is concerned with the interaction of customary and Roman-Dutch common and statutory law in Botswana today. It examines the question from a practical perspective, and in the context of a specific problem, that of women seeking support. It explores the options open to such women for obtaining support under the customary system and statutory law in theory and practice. Aim is to demonstrate that the (60) women interviewed have some knowledge of the options open to them for obtaining support under both systems, that they manipulate the se options and that their choice of action is dependent upon the social and economic circumstances in which they find themselves. Notes, ref.
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