marital powerbest interests of a childBotswana has a dual legal system, one based on customary law and the other on the received law. This appears clearly from the Constitution that ring-fenced cusNgema, NqobizweSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
The central themes of this book are customary law, traditional leadership and local land management. International policy is currently witnessing a renewed interest in customary tenure systems and traditional leadership, through which it aims to enhance the efficiency of local governance, and create gene...
This is done in the light of the author's own research: a full and systematic account of the substantive rules and principles of Sesotho family law for the benefit of those who are confronted with legal problems in Lesotho in a professional capacity. Notes....
Part III reviews the experiences of legal dualism in South Africa's neighbors, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Part IV discusses customary law in South Africa. Part V contends that although the unification of laws is a desirable long-term goal for South Africa, at present it is impractical...
This paper reviews the extent to which Sesotho customary law marriage receives recognition within the legal system of Lesotho. Where parties contract a Sesotho customary law marriage but later on decide to ""convert"" that marriage into a civil rites marriage, the latter marriage supersedes the ...
However, section 18(4) (e) presents yet another promise that the rights snatched by section 18(4)(c) may be reclaimed depending on whether the incumbent parliament has the political will to do so.ShaleItumelengingentaconnectLesotho Law Journal...