Anne M. O. Griffiths

Anne is a lawyer by training and did her PhD through the University of London (LSE) in 1988. Her thesis examined law and the family, providing an in-depth study of family disputes in a Kwena village in Botswana. Much of her research and published work subsequently has involved fieldwork in Botswana with a focus on land, gender, institutions and customary law. Her work during this time centred on the plurality of law and plural legal systems, and on the importance …