Uncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvels

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dc.contributor.authorHutchison, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-15T11:43:19Z
dc.date.available2022-03-15T11:43:19Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-17
dc.description.abstractMost written accounts of traditional African customary law in South Africa do not describe a law of commercial contracting. This is despite the fact that contracting happens every day in South Africa’s largely African informal sector. This article reports the findings of a qualitative empirical study of stokvels (informal savings and credit associations) conducted in Khayelitsha, Cape Town in 2018. Stokvels are an example of the appropriation and adaptation of modern financialised practices into Indigenous African culture. As such, they present an example of Indigenous modernity, being neither Western nor traditional. I will argue that vernacular commercial norms may be found in modern stokvel practice, which is ordered through a system of private contracting.en_US
dc.identifier.apacitationHutchison, A. (2020). Uncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvels. <i>Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law</i>, 52(1), 3-27. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36090en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHutchison, Andrew "Uncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvels." <i>Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law</i> 52, 1. (2020): 3-27. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36090en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHutchison, A. 2020. Uncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvels. <i>Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law.</i> 52(1):3-27. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36090en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Hutchison, Andrew AB - Most written accounts of traditional African customary law in South Africa do not describe a law of commercial contracting. This is despite the fact that contracting happens every day in South Africa’s largely African informal sector. This article reports the findings of a qualitative empirical study of stokvels (informal savings and credit associations) conducted in Khayelitsha, Cape Town in 2018. Stokvels are an example of the appropriation and adaptation of modern financialised practices into Indigenous African culture. As such, they present an example of Indigenous modernity, being neither Western nor traditional. I will argue that vernacular commercial norms may be found in modern stokvel practice, which is ordered through a system of private contracting. DA - 2020-02-17 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 1 J1 - Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law KW - Indigenous Law KW - Contract Law KW - Stokvel KW - Consumer Credit LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2020 T1 - Uncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvels TI - Uncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvels UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36090 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07329113.2020.1728493
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/36090
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHutchison A. Uncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvels. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law. 2020;52(1):3-27. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36090.en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_US
dc.sourceJournal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Lawen_US
dc.source.journalissue1en_US
dc.source.journalvolume52en_US
dc.source.pagination3-27en_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Lawen_US
dc.subjectContract Lawen_US
dc.subjectStokvelen_US
dc.subjectConsumer Crediten_US
dc.titleUncovering Contracting Norms in Khayelitsha Stokvelsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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