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Botswana legal documents relating to research by James Lowell Gibbs, 1973-1999.

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Author/Creator:
Gibbs, James Lowell, collector.
Language:
English
Format:
  • Manuscript/Archive
  • .5 linear foot (1 manuscript box)
Access:
Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. The filmstrip and audio cassettes will require duplication (digital) before use. Open for research; material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Summary:
In addition to the original documents about law cases in Botswana, there are articles about Stanford graduates who contributed to African issues. There is also a sound filmstrip program about the village of Balama
Source:
Gift of Professor James Lowell Gibbs, 2010. Accession 2010-132.
Note:
Professor Gibbs was the first Stanford dean of undergraduates and one of the founders of African Studies at Stanford. He was the first black faculty member at Stanford, appointed in 1970. A member of the Anthropology department, he taught a course, "Law in radically different cultures" with three law-faculty colleagues. The course compared law in four societies: the united States, the People's Republic of China, Egypt, and Botswana.
Included Work:
The three spirits of Balama.
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