Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction The Spirit of the Laws 1
4. Part I
5. Chapter one Mozambique: Before the Law 19
6. Chapter two Law as History 32
7. Chapter three The State of Things 63
8. Part II
9. Chapter four A Minor State 121
10. Chapter five Poetic Justice 150
11. Chapter six Next of Kin 176
12. Chapter seven Subject: To the Law 205
13. Conclusion 229
14. Acknowledgments 235
15. Bibliography 241
16. Notes 255
17. Index 269