Broadening the divide between official and living customary law : Mayelane v Ngwenyama 2010 4 SA 286 (GNP); [2010] JOL 25422 (GNP)

Bekker, Jan C.; Van Niekerk, Gardiol J.

dc.contributor.author	Bekker, Jan C.
dc.contributor.author	Van Niekerk, Gardiol J.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-02-22T06:37:40Z
dc.date.available	2011-02-22T06:37:40Z
dc.date.issued	2010-11
dc.description.abstract	Legal and anthropological literature on polygyny in South Africa abounds and the issue whether this institution in African customary law should be recognised officially has been thoroughly considered by academics, interested parties and, not least, the South African Law Reform Commission. It was certainly then not a rash decision to give recognition to polygynous African marriages in the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998	en
dc.identifier.citation	Bekker, JC & Van Niekerk, GJ 2010, 'Broadening the divide between official and living customary law : Mayelane v Ngwenyama 2010 4 SA 286 (GNP); [2010] JOL 25422 (GNP)', Journal of Contemporary Roman Dutch Law/Tydskrif Vir Hedendaagse Romeins-Hollandse Reg, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 679- 689. [http://www.lexisnexis.co.za]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1682-4490
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15903
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	LexisNexis	en_US
dc.rights	LexisNexis.	en_US
dc.subject	Official customary law	en
dc.subject	Living customary law	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Customary law -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Polygyny -- South Africa	en
dc.title	Broadening the divide between official and living customary law : Mayelane v Ngwenyama 2010 4 SA 286 (GNP); [2010] JOL 25422 (GNP)	en
dc.type	Article	en