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Women, Law and Human Rights: An African Perspective By Fareda Banda, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2005. 456pp. ISBN 978-1-84113-128-3 £32.00 hardback

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2008

Michael Freeman
Michael Freeman*
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University CollegeLondon
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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 79 - 83
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