2020
DOI: 10.17159/2077-4907/2020/ldd.v24.4
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Normative intersectionality in married women's property rights in southern Nigeria

Abstract: The fate of marriage gifts during a customary law divorce is significant for the interaction of legal orders in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the context of scholars' fixation with conflict of laws. In analysing this fatet, this article introduces normative intersectionality as a theoretical framework for a nuanced understanding of how laws and socio-economic forces interact in post-colonial settings. Normative intersectionality rejects a legal positivist view of rights, which neglects people's adaptation … Show more

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