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080 _a14.02.03 M476
100 _aMaze, Brian Lawrence
245 _aSelective utilization of legal avenues of assistance by women on the Caribbean Island of St Kitts in the British Leewards
260 _bUniversity Microfilms International
_aAnn ArbourUS
_c1985
300 _axi, 344 p.
520 _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.
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999 _c14931
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