Africa-with its mix of statute, custom and religion-is at the center of the debate about law and its impact on gender relations. This is because of the centrality of the gender question and its impact on the cultural relativism debate within human rights. It is therefore important to examine critically the role of law, broadly constructed, in African societies. Women, Law and Human Rights-the first wide ranging study of women's human rights in Africa-focuses on women's experiences in the family. This is because the lives of women continue to be lived out largely in the private domain where...