Mutations of Customary Law and State Law in the South of Mozambique

Paths of Hybridisation on Gender and Family Matters

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ID23030438
AuthorsJuliana Pedroso (0000-0001-8956-2250, University of Coimbra, corresponding author), Elisa Samuel Boerekamp (Polícia Judiciária, corresponding author), Carlos Fernandes (0000-0002-7656-8765, Eduardo Mondlane University, corresponding author), Virgílio Pinto Augusto (Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume15
Issue6
Pages2024-2053
Publication date2025-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOñati Socio-legal Series (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2079-5971 • E-ISSN: 2079-5971
PublisherOnati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.35295/osls.iisl/1972
OpenAlexW4404460180
LanguageEN
References cited16

This paper departs from the sociolegal study about the “Norms and Practices of local populations in Conflict Resolution and Access to Law and Justice”. Specifically, we will focus the Chókwè district, in the south of Mozambique, on the social space of the family, namely the paths of hybridisation on gender and family matters, in three main topics: the norms and practices in the family social space, pointing out the tensions between customary law and state law in a context of legal pluralism; the identification and analysis of the norms and practices and the main actors involved on this conflict resolution, by drawing a map of instances and their interactions; and different paths of hybridization between customary law and state law reflected on the practices related in the fieldwork. We argue that Chókwè reflects an emergence of a new Mozambican configuration of legal pluralism in family matters – a composed Local Law.

Family law · Political science · State (computer science) · State law · African history and culture studies · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Mathematics

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