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Title: | The legal position of women under our marriage laws |
Author: | Daniels, W.C. Ekow |
Year: | 1972 |
Periodical: | University of Ghana Law Journal |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 39-63 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | marriage law customary law family law |
Abstract: | While there is in Ghana no single enactment which provides for the inequality of the sexes, the principle of the subordinate role of women in their married life is upheld. Parts of the article: Types of marriage (marriage according to the various types of customary law marriage according to the, rites of Mohammedan law marriage under the, provisions of the Marriage Ordinance) - The position of the married woman in the law of tort - The position of the married woman in the law of contract - The right of the married woman to be maintained during marriage - The proprietary fights of the married woman Husband and wife and the law of evidence - The position of the deserted wife - The married woman on divorce - The married woman as a widow. Notes. |