Table of contents for Litigants and households

Table of contents for Litigants and households : African disputes and colonial courts in the French Soudan, 1895-1912 / Richard Roberts.

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Litigants and Households: The Social History of African Disputes and Colonial Courts in the French Soudan, 1895-1912
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Maps
List of Charts and Tables
1. Introduction: "Disputes without Significance": African Social History and Colonial Courts at a Time of Social Transformation
Part I
2. The Foundations of the French Colonial Legal System in West Africa, 1673-1903
3. Custom and Legal Authority in the Native Courts
Part II
4. The Courts, the End of Slavery, and the Landscapes of Power
5. Women Seeking Divorce; Men Seeking Control
6. Bridewealth as Contract
7. Conflicts over Property
8. Disputing Inheritance
9. Conclusion: The Importance of "Disputes without Significance"
Bibliography

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Domestic relations -- Mali -- History.
Customary law -- Mali -- History.
Colonies -- Law and legislation -- France.