Justice and Power in the Adjudication of Women's Property Rights in Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3751162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn S Khadiagala (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 100-121 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/at.2003.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W4230207679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article challenges the notion that women who derive their primary rights from land are unable to use the legal system to assert or protect their property rights. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in southern Uganda, I suggest that female legal consciousness and legal strategies cannot be sufficiently explained by a paradigm of male hegemony and female dependence. Instead, women in Kabale District construct land claims around an ethos of justice entailing a quid pro quo between rights and responsibilities. Drawing on the value of their agricultural labor to the household economy, reinforced by the labor intensity of farming in Kabale, women transform property disputes into claims to the basic elements of citizenship, including membership, participation, and universal norms of justice
Adjudication · Agriculture · Citizenship · Economic Justice · Ethos · Geography · Land law · Land tenure · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Property (philosophy) · Property rights · Sociology · Status quo · African history and culture analysis · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2014 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |