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| Title: | On the idea of good government in 19th century Lesotho |
| Author: | Machobane, L.B.B.J. |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Periodical: | Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 1-12 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Lesotho |
| Subjects: | rule of law history 1800-1899 |
| Abstract: | This article shows that by the turn of the nineteenth century the Kingdom of Lesotho, like other southern African political systems of the period, had developed a notion of 'good government'. In the main this notion or idea meant a government where there is law, justice and freedom from oppression. Such a government was further characterized by consensus in decisionmaking and consultation with the governed. The doctor-philosopher Mohlomi, who taught King Moshoeshoe I when he was a child, played an important role in the promotion of good government in Lesotho. After Moshoeshoe's death in 1870, two years after Lesotho came under British hegemony, the system deteriorated. Note, ref. |