The examination of the law on bride price under customary marriages in Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Nuwasasira, Joab | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-21T09:04:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-21T09:04:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-04 | |
| dc.description | A research paper submitted to the school of law in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Diploma in law of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This research paper contributes a vital element to the studies, debates and literature on bnuc price. While employing a systematic conceptual frame work to ground its analysis of the perceptions, experiences, processes and outcomes of bride price payment, it uses duta Ct)licctcd from interviews, literature and observation to bring out the voices and experiences of the rxopk most affected by bride price, that is, the men and women at the grass root whose voice has been missing in literature and debate. The study focuses on data collection in Uganda to answer the question: How do notions or masculinity/femininity, gender, class and modernisation influences people's experiences and perceptions on bride price? It also argues that with forces of modernisation coupled with the desire for actors to conform to particular class status, the practice has turned too commercialised, lost its original meaning, at1ll makes women appear like purchased commodities. The prohibitive costs have denied several young men and women a chance to marry. The paper recommends that much as it not necessary to abolish the practice (as demanded b1 several activists and legislators), serious reforms are required to remove the commodillacc~tion and financial motives so as to make it affordable by many intending to marry. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/9707 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, School of Law | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bride price | en_US |
| dc.subject | Customary marriages | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | The examination of the law on bride price under customary marriages in Uganda | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |