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“The Option of the Judicial Path”: Disputes over Marriage, Divorce, and Extra-Marital Sex in Colonial Courts in Libreville, Gabon (1939-1959)
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« L’option de la voie juridique ». Conflits portant sur le mariage, le divorce et les rapports sexuels en dehors du mariage dans les tribunaux coloniaux de Libreville, Gabon 1939-1959. – À l’appui de documents d’époque issus des multiples niveaux des tribunaux indigènes de Libreville (Gabon) de 1939 à 1959, cet article avance qu’il est difficile d’identifier ce que constituaient le mariage et le droit sur les femmes à cette période de changement socio-économique. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les Français se sont efforcés de mettre en place un système judiciaire indigène mettant l’accent alternativement sur les médiateurs africains et français pour inculquer les principes d’une loi coutumière sur le mariage. En revanche, dans les villages et les quartiers de la région de Libreville, des Anciens jouaient le rôle d’arbitres dans des tribunaux qui n’étaient pas reconnus par l’État colonial. Gabonais et Gabonaises – maris et femmes, amants, pères, oncles, frères et belle-famille – s’efforçaient de trouver toutes sortes de terrains juridiques pour arbitrer les conflits en matière de mariage, de divorce, d’adultère et de garde parentale. Ces tribunaux indigènes offraient aux hommes et aux femmes un espace de manœuvre dans la négociation de leur statut conjugal.
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During colonial times women resorted to colonial courts for protection against the discriminatory justice of traditional chiefs' courts in matters of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and forced marriage.
“There is substantial evidence that during colonial times women resorted to colonial courts for protection against the discriminatory justice of traditional chiefs' courts in matters of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and forced marriage ( Booth 1992; Jean-Baptiste 2007 ) .”
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The section “Marriage and Divorce in Second Degree Courts” says women represented themselves directly in colonial second-degree courts and initiated 25 percent of appeals. Section 16 records child marriage and excessive physical abuse among women’s stated reasons for seeking divorce, but those examples concern customary-court proceedings. The paper does not establish that women went to colonial courts for protection from chiefs’ discriminatory judgments in cases of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and forced marriage. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Jean-Baptiste, R.
- Venue
- Cahiers d'études africaines
- Publisher
- OpenEdition
- Published
- 2007
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 643-670
- ISSN
- 0008-0055 (ISSN-L)
- 1777-5353
- OpenAlex
- W2058747808
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 1.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- fr
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Cahiers d études africaines (publishedVersion)
- OpenEdition (OpenEdition) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Cahiers d études africaines
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › African history and culture studies
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Legal and cultural studies analysis
- Social Sciences › Law › Family and Matrimonial Law
- Keywords
- marriage, divorce, adultery, indigenous courts, colonial courts, customary law, kinship, Libreville, women's legal status
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