A Patchwork of Marriages: The Legal Relevance of Marriage in a Plural Legal System

Like many former colonies, South Africa has a plural system of family law which has historically recognized the polygynous marriages practiced by the indigenous African inhabitants of the country. However, recognition of these marriages by way of legal pluralism does not afford them equal status wi...

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Main Author: Elsje Bonthuys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2016-01-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/707
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