The emergence of an Afro-Caribbean legal tradition : gender relations and family courts in Kingston, Jamaica / Suzanne LaFont.
1996
HQ1075.5.J25 L34 1996 (Map It)
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Author
Title
The emergence of an Afro-Caribbean legal tradition : gender relations and family courts in Kingston, Jamaica / Suzanne LaFont.
Published
San Francisco : Austin & Winfield, 1996.
Call Number
HQ1075.5.J25 L34 1996
Former Call Number
Jam 320 L133 1996
ISBN
188092191X (pbk.)
1880921928 (hard)
1880921928 (hard)
Description
vi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)30896159
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-219) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Graphs and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1
Ch. 1
The Family Structure
13
Caribbean Family Structure
14
Research of the Caribbean Family Structure
34
Ch. 2
The Family Laws
41
The Relevance of Family Laws in Jamaica
41
The History of Family Law
46
Customary Redress and Resolution
55
Ch. 3
Use of the Family Court
61
Setting Up the Family Court
61
The Family Court: Role and Identity
64
Court Utilization and Process
70
Ch. 4
Transgressions in Gender Relations
95
Transgression Against the Opposite Sex
96
Female Transgressions
97
Differences in the Female and Male Lists
109
Male Transgressions
110
Comparison of Male and Female Perspectives
127
Ch. 5
Duties and Expectations of Baby-Mothers and Baby-Fathers
131