The Constitution and women’s property rights in Swaziland

Abstract

Swaziland’s Constitution recognises a legal system comprised of both formal and informal laws. The formal laws embody Roman-Dutch common law and the specific legislation attendant to it. Informal laws refer to the Swazi customary law that originated in the pre-colonial history of the country according to how they were interpreted and applied during colonial times, and according to what, in present day circumstances, is interpreted to be such law.