The future of African customary law / edited by Jeanmarie Fenrich, Paolo Galizzi, Tracy E. Higgins.
2011
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The future of African customary law / edited by Jeanmarie Fenrich, Paolo Galizzi, Tracy E. Higgins.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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1 online resource (xvii, 544 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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A survey of customary laws in Africa in search of lessons for the future / Gordon R. Woodman
The future of living customary law in African legal systems in the twenty-first century and beyond, with special reference to South Africa / Chuma Himonga
The future of customary law in Africa / Abdulmumini A. Oba
The quest for customary law in African state courts / Janine Ubink
The withering province of customary law in Kenya : a case of design or indifference? / George Otieno Ochich
Putting old wine in new wine skins : the customary code of Lerotholi and justice administration in Lesotho / Laurence Juma
Traditional authorities : custodians of customary law development? / Manfred O. Hinz
Engaging legal dualism : paralegal organizations and customary law in Sierra Leone and Liberia / Chi Mgbako and Kristina Scurry Baehr
The future of customary law in Ghana / Joseph B. Akamba and Isidore Kwadwo Tufuor
Traditional courts in South Africa in the twenty-first century / Digby Sqhelo Koyana
Customary law and chieftainship in twenty-first century Botswana / Wazha G. Morapedi
Traditional institutions and governance in modern African democracies : history, challenges, and opportunities in Ghana / Ernest Kofi Abotsi and Paolo Galizzi
Entrapment or freedom : enforcing customary property rights regimes in common-law Africa / Sandra F. Joireman
Romancing customary tenure : challenges and prospects for the neo-liberal suitor / Janet L. Banda
Reform of the South African customary law of succession : final nails in the customary law coffin? / Christa Rautenbach and Willemien du Plessis
Customary crinimal law in the South African legal system / Thomas W. Bennett
Gacaca in Rwanda : customary law in case of genocide / Roelof H. Haveman
Customary law, gender equality, and the family : the promise and limits of a choice paradigm / Tracy E. Higgins and Jeanmarie Fenrich
African customary law and women's human rights in Uganda / Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha
Women's rights, customary law and the promise of the protocol on the rights of women in Africa / Johanna E. Bond
From contemporary African customary laws to indigenous African law : identifying ancient African human rights and good governance sensitive principles as a tool to promote culturally meaningful socio-legal reforms / Fatou K. Camara.
The future of living customary law in African legal systems in the twenty-first century and beyond, with special reference to South Africa / Chuma Himonga
The future of customary law in Africa / Abdulmumini A. Oba
The quest for customary law in African state courts / Janine Ubink
The withering province of customary law in Kenya : a case of design or indifference? / George Otieno Ochich
Putting old wine in new wine skins : the customary code of Lerotholi and justice administration in Lesotho / Laurence Juma
Traditional authorities : custodians of customary law development? / Manfred O. Hinz
Engaging legal dualism : paralegal organizations and customary law in Sierra Leone and Liberia / Chi Mgbako and Kristina Scurry Baehr
The future of customary law in Ghana / Joseph B. Akamba and Isidore Kwadwo Tufuor
Traditional courts in South Africa in the twenty-first century / Digby Sqhelo Koyana
Customary law and chieftainship in twenty-first century Botswana / Wazha G. Morapedi
Traditional institutions and governance in modern African democracies : history, challenges, and opportunities in Ghana / Ernest Kofi Abotsi and Paolo Galizzi
Entrapment or freedom : enforcing customary property rights regimes in common-law Africa / Sandra F. Joireman
Romancing customary tenure : challenges and prospects for the neo-liberal suitor / Janet L. Banda
Reform of the South African customary law of succession : final nails in the customary law coffin? / Christa Rautenbach and Willemien du Plessis
Customary crinimal law in the South African legal system / Thomas W. Bennett
Gacaca in Rwanda : customary law in case of genocide / Roelof H. Haveman
Customary law, gender equality, and the family : the promise and limits of a choice paradigm / Tracy E. Higgins and Jeanmarie Fenrich
African customary law and women's human rights in Uganda / Ben Kiromba Twinomugisha
Women's rights, customary law and the promise of the protocol on the rights of women in Africa / Johanna E. Bond
From contemporary African customary laws to indigenous African law : identifying ancient African human rights and good governance sensitive principles as a tool to promote culturally meaningful socio-legal reforms / Fatou K. Camara.
Summary
Customary laws and traditional institutions in Africa constitute comprehensive legal systems that regulate the entire spectrum of activities from birth to death. Once the sole source of law, customary rules now exist in the context of pluralist legal systems with competing bodies of domestic constitutional law, statutory law, common law and international human rights treaties. This book promotes discussion and understanding of customary law and explores its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. The volume considers the characteristics of customary law and efforts to ascertain and codify customary law, and how this body of law differs in content, form and status from legislation and common law. It also addresses a number of substantive areas of customary law including the role and power of traditional authorities; customary criminal law; customary land tenure, property rights and intestate succession; and the relationship between customary law, human rights and gender equality.
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9780511844294 ebook
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9781107625044 (paperback)
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