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

An analysis of the relationships between law, custom, gender, marriage and justice among northern Tanzania's Maasai communities.

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 ...