Gender Justice and the Problem of Culture: From Customary Law to Human Rights in Tanzania

When where why and by whom is law used to force desired social change in the name of justice? Why has culture come to be seen as inherently oppressive to women? In this finely crafted book Dorothy L. Hodgson examines the history of legal ideas and institutions in Tanzania – from customary law to human rights – as specific forms of justice that often reflect elite ideas about gender culture and social change. Drawing on evidence from Maasai communities she explores how the legacies of colonial la...See More