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This book examines the ongoing resurgence of traditional power structures in South Africa. Oomen assesses the relation between the changing legal and socio-political position of traditional authority and customary law and what these changes can teach us about the interrelation between law, politics, and culture in the post-modern world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Acronyms
- Acknowledgements
- Photographs
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Patchwork Democracy Boundary Politics after 1994
- 3. The Power of Definition Struggling for the Soul of Custom
- 4. Sekhukhune The Institutional Landscape
- 5. 'Walking in the middle of the road' People's Perspectives on the Legitimacy of Traditional Leadership
- 6. Negotiated Laws, Relational Rights Power, Authority & the Creation of Local Law
- 7. Conclusion Categories have Consequences The Constitutive Effects of Cultural Rights Legislation
- References
- Index