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Botswana awareness of legal rights in, 126 constitutional nondiscrimination provisions in, 100b customary law in, 51b, 57, 107, 127, 129b, 130 default property regimes in, 68 family law reforms in, 151b gender equality provisions lacking in, 47 impact litigation in, 96 judicial system in, 124b labor laws in, 83 legal capacity in, 61, 61b, 62, 63, 64 marital property rights in, 87n12 mode of life test in, 114 precedent in, 103–4 prenuptial contracts in, 66b religious law in, 54 statutory law in, 97 women in legal profession in, 124b Burkina Faso customary law in, 107 nondiscrimination provisions in, 117n3 religious law in, 54 Burundi default property regimes in, 68 land rights in, 80 legal capacity in, 62 marital property rights in, 73, 74b statutory law in, 97 business environment economic rights and, 21–23, 24–27b legal framework for women in, 23–30
C Cameroon customary law in, 105, 110 hybrid legal system in, 86n5 legal capacity in, 62 legal systems in, 36n9 marital property rights in, 46, 73 nondiscrimination provisions in, 117n3 religious law in, 111 Cape Verde gender equality provisions lacking in, 47 head-of-household statutes in, 48
legal capacity in, 63, 64 case law. See also specific cases on constitutionality of statutes, 93–95 on customary law, 105–10 on impact litigation, 96 on international law and conventions, 92–93 on precedent, 99–105 on religious law, 110–11 on statutory law, 96–99 Chad religious law in, 55b statutory law in, 96 Chanda, Mwaba, 109 Chapeyama v. Matende (Zimbabwe, 2000), 104 Chibanda, Manfred, 109 Chopra, Tanja, 132n3 civil law systems economic rights in, 27 hybrid systems, 36n9, 86n5 international law and, 29–30, 46, 46f judges’ role in, 36n10 legal capacity and, 8, 63 prenuptial contracts in, 66b religious law and, 58 standing to challenge constitutionality of statutes, 48, 49f, 50 civil marriages, 87n20 civil rights, 35n1 civil society, 142, 149 common law systems default property regimes in, 70 economic rights in, 27 hybrid systems, 36n9, 86n5 international law and, 29–30, 46, 46f precedent and, 101 prenuptial contracts in, 66b standing to challenge constitutionality of statutes, 48, 49f, 50 communal property rights, 22, 29 community of property regimes as default, 11, 65, 87n21 division of property on divorce, 73–74, 76–77f inheritance rights, 76, 79–80f, 79f