Justice and power in the adjudication of women's property rights in Uganda

Africa Today

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-122

  Khadiagala, Lynn S ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; POWER RELATIONS; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WOMENS STATUS;

UGANDA;

EID: 0038304253     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2002.49.2.100     Document Type: Article

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