Law, Religion and the Family in Africa

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Law, Religion and the Family in Africa is written by Dr M Christian Green and published by African Sun Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1991201575 (ISBN 10) and 9781991201577 (ISBN 13).

The family is a crucial site for the interaction of law and religion the world over, including Africa. In many African societies, the family is governed by a range of sources of law, including civil, constitutional, customary and religious law. International law and human rights principles have been domesticated into African legal systems, particularly to protect the rights of women and children. Religious rites and rituals govern sexuality, marriage, divorce, child-rearing, inheritance, intergenerational relations and more in Christianity, Islam and indigenous African custom. This book examines the African family with attention to tradition and change, comparative law, the relation of parents and children to the state, indigenous religion and customary law, child marriage and child labour and migration, diaspora and displacement.