'Runaway wives,' native law and custom in Benin, and early colonial courts, Nigeria

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 810, Issue , 1997, Pages 245-313

  Kaplan, Flora Edouwaye S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; COURT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; NIGERIA; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RELIGION;

EID: 0030843858     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48132.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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