00856nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002500018245012600043260006000169300001500229520048300244583001900727  a14.02.03 M476  aMaze, Brian Lawrence  aSelective utilization of legal avenues of assistance by women on the Caribbean Island of St Kitts in the British Leewards  bUniversity Microfilms InternationalaAnn ArbourUSc1985  axi, 344 p.  aIdentifies 5 reasons why women selectively use the law in St Kitts and the factors involved in the decision process to use or not to use the established legal system.  Discusses the alternative informal system that the women use to resolve conflict and bring about social control.  Briefly provides geographical, historical, demographical, and cultural background information on St Kitts and reviews the literature on ethnolegal research with special reference to the Caribbean.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR