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Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899
Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27046 Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899 Kriel, Lize Harris, Karen Leigh marelize.grobler@up.ac.za Grobler, Marelize Romeins-hollandse reg Vrouegeskiedenis Regsbronne Regsgeskiedenis Legal history Transvaal Women's history Kotzé Zuid-afrikaansche republiek Gender legal resources Court case High court Roman dutch law Hofsake Zuid-afrikaansche republiek Hooggeregshof UCTD Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2009. This dissertation creates a background for studying white women in the Transvaal between 1877 and 1899. Legal documents are used as primary sources, as they are invaluable for researching women’s history, in that they provide a new perspective. When writing women’s history, it must be grounded in theory, as, especially when it comes to history in court cases, concepts like ‘history as performance’ and ‘occasionalism’ are significant. Of course, an eye must also firmly be held on concepts such as ‘gender’ and ‘deconstruction’, since it dictates how one should approach one’s sources. A history of the Transvaal is necessary, for when studying the court cases one must be able to position the women within a framework of their lives, and what type of living they made. Therefore, part of the dissertation is a political, but also social and economic, history of the Transvaal, written with specifically white women in mind. Sources for the socio-economic historical framework include literary accounts and secondary works on the period. The framework for the court cases further includes creating a legal stage on which to position women, which is accomplished by using legal sources like law reports, but also laws and resolutions. It is only once a detailed framework has been created that one can scrutinise court cases for issues surrounding white Transvaal women’s legal position, and agency. AFRIKAANS : Hierdie verhandeling skep die agtergrond vir ‘n studie van wit vroue in Transvaal tussen 1877 en 1899. Regsdokumente word as primêre bronne gebruik, aangesien dit van onskatbare waarde is in die ondersoek van vrouegeskiedenis, deurdat dit ‘n nuwe perspektief bied. Die skryf van vrouegeskiedenis moet in teorie gegrond wees, aangesien konsepte soos ‘history as a performance’ en ‘occasionalism’ belangrik is, veral wanneer dit kom by geskiedenis in hofsake. ‘n Ferm blik moet natuurlik ook gehou word op konsepte soos ‘gender’ en ‘dekonstruksie’ aangesien dit bepaal hoe die bronne benader moet word. ‘n Geskiedenis van Transvaal is nodig, want dit moet moontlik wees om vroue te posisioneeer binne die raamwerk van hulle lewens en die tipe bestaan wat hulle gevoer het. ‘n Gedeelte van die verhandeling behels derhalwe ‘n politieke, maar ook ‘n sosiale en ekonomiese geskiedenis van Transvaal, geskryf spesifiek met wit vroue in gedagte. Bronne vir die sosio-ekonomiese historiese raamwerk sluit verder in die skep van ‘n regsverhoog waarop die vroue geposisioneer kan word. Dit word daargestel deur gebruik te maak van regsbronne soos wetsverslae, asook wette en besluite. Eers wanneer so ‘n uitvoerige raamwerk gekonstrueer is, kan die hofsake bestudeer word vir kwessies rondom wit Transvaalse vroue se regsposisie, en hulle betrokkenheid by hulle eie agenda. Copyright Historical and Heritage Studies unrestricted 2013-09-07T10:00:54Z 2010-08-05 2013-09-07T10:00:54Z 2010-04-14 2009 2010-08-05 Dissertation Grobler, M 2009, Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899, MHCS dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27046 > E10/331/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27046 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08052010-161114/ © 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Romeins-hollandse reg Vrouegeskiedenis Regsbronne Regsgeskiedenis Legal history Transvaal Women's history Kotzé Zuid-afrikaansche republiek Gender legal resources Court case High court Roman dutch law Hofsake Zuid-afrikaansche republiek Hooggeregshof UCTD Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899 |
| title | Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899 |
| title_full | Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899 |
| title_fullStr | Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899 |
| title_short | Towards a legal history of white women in the Transvaal, 1877-1899 |
| title_sort | towards a legal history of white women in the transvaal 1877 1899 |
| topic | Romeins-hollandse reg Vrouegeskiedenis Regsbronne Regsgeskiedenis Legal history Transvaal Women's history Kotzé Zuid-afrikaansche republiek Gender legal resources Court case High court Roman dutch law Hofsake Zuid-afrikaansche republiek Hooggeregshof UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27046 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08052010-161114/ |