The incidence of stock theft has been high in Botswana, as it is elsewhere in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). In 1996, the problem compelled the country's parliament to intervene and enact the Stock Theft Act. After 22 years of its being in operation, however, there is ...
capitalist countries customary law is not of great importance, with the exception of court practice, where the norms of customary law are used to decide cases in accordance with established customs. Customary law plays a somewhat more important part in international relations, for example, in trade...
Mexico encouraged the Supreme Court of Botswana to continue reviewing customary practices that discriminated against women. 墨西哥鼓励博茨瓦纳最高法院继续对歧视妇女的习惯做法进行审查。 UN-2 The government is struggling to make the society aware of the harmful consequences of discriminatory customary pr...
Botswana's customary courts were known in the past for their procedural openness to debate. The presiding judge allowed members of the court, usually in ascending order of seniority, to express their views on the case, before finally reaching a judgement. Most scholars of Tswana society, from ...
Revista Brasileira De PsiquiatriaSeng, Michael P. "In a Conflict Between Equal Rights for Women and Customary Law, the Botswana Court of Appeal Chooses Equality" (1993), 24 University of Toledo Law Review 563.Seng, MP 1992. `In a Conflict Between Equal Rights for Women and Customary Law, ...
As in the US and Europe, in Botswana cases of public insults are emotionally charged, and this is particularly so in witchcraft insult hearings. Akin to hate crimes, these insults threaten public peace, kinship amity, and decency. Members of a customary court mobilize an elaborate moral lexicon...
Mexico encouraged the Supreme Court of Botswana to continue reviewing customary practices that discriminated against women. 墨西哥鼓励博茨瓦纳最高法院继续对歧视妇女的习惯做法进行审查。 UN-2 The government is struggling to make the society aware of the harmful consequences of discriminatory customary pr...