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020 _a0197241859
020 _a9780197241851
035 _a(CStRLIN)CSUL90-B11082
035 _a(OCoLC-M)171398
035 _a(OCoLC-I)273987648
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_b.P45 1971
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100 1 _aPhillips, Arthur,
_d1907-1991
245 1 0 _aMarriage laws in Africa
_c[by] Arthur Phillips & Henry F. Morris.
260 _aLondon,
_aNew York,
_bPublished for the International African Institute, by Oxford University Press,
_c1971.
300 _a229 p.
_c24 cm.
500 _a"Reprint of parts of a work published in 1953 under the title Survey of African marriage and family life, with the addition of new material."
504 _aBibliography: p. [197]-201.
505 _aAn introductory essay -- Review of developments in African marriage law since 1950 -- Marriage laws in Africa. Section I. Customary marriage. The study of indigenous marriage law ; Recognition and application of native law ; Polygamy and bride-price ; Capacity and consent ; Formalities of marriage ; Divorce and matrimonial causes ; Section II. Mohammedan marriage. Marriage according to Mohammedan law ; Section III. Statutory marriage. The option of statutory marriage ; The obligation of monogamy ; Capacity to contract statutory marriage ; Procedure for celebration of statutory marriage ; Legal consequences of statutory marriage ; Divorce law and jurisdiction.
650 0 _aMarriage law
_zAfrica.
700 1 _aMorris, Henry Francis.
700 1 _aPhillips, Arthur,
_d1907-1991
_tSurvey of African marriage and family life.
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