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The future of African customary law /

"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 c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fenrich, Jeanmarie (Editor ), Galizzi, Paolo (Editor ), Higgins, Tracy E. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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245 0 4 |a The future of African customary law /  |c [edited by] Jeanmarie Fenrich, Paolo Galizzi, Tracy Higgins. 
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505 0 |a Cover; THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW; Introduction; PART ONE The Nature and Future of Customary Law; 1 A Survey of Customary Laws in Africa in Search of Lessons for the Future; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER; 1.3. CHARACTERISTICS OF CUSTOMARY LAWS; 1.3.1. Customary Laws Reflect and Tend to Sustain Inequalities in the Social Order of Their Communities; 1.3.2. Customary Laws Are Complex Bodies of Norms That Have Different Degrees of Mandatory Force. 
505 8 |a 1.3.3. Customary Laws Constantly Change1.3.4. Parts of a Customary Law Are Often Uncertain and Objects of Controversy; 1.4. THE LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE ROLE OF CUSTOMARY LAWS TODAY; 1.5. CONCLUSIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; 1.5.1. Policies of State Agents; 1.5.2. A Final Note: Policies of Civil Society; 2 The Future of Living Customary Law in African Legal Systems in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond, with Special Reference to South Africa; 2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. THE CONCEPTS OF OFFICIAL CUSTOMARY LAW AND LIVING CUSTOMARY LAW; 2.3. "INDICATORS" OF LIVING CUSTOMARY LAW'S STATUS AND FUTURE. 
505 8 |a 2.3.1. The Toning Down of the Legal Theoretical Debates about the Idea of Living Customary Law2.3.2. The Recognition of Living Customary Law; 2.3.2.1. The Manifestation of Living Customary Law in Constitutional Law; 2.3.2.2. Manifestation of Living Customary Law in South African Court Decisions; 2.3.3. Living Customary Law's Potential to Protect Human Rights; 2.4. JUDICIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ASCERTAINMENT AND PROOF OF LIVING CUSTOMARY LAW; 2.4.1. The Traditions and Past Practices of the Community Concerned; 2.4.2. Respect for the Right of "Customary" Communities to Develop Their Law. 
505 8 |a 2.4.3. Balancing Community Rights with Legal Certainty and Protection of Rights2.5. CONCLUSION: THE CHALLENGES ARISING FROM THE PROMINENCE OF LIVING CUSTOMARY LAW; 3 The Future of Customary Law in Africa; 3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. THE NATURE OF CUSTOMARY LAW; 3.3. CUSTOMARY LAW IN THE COLONIAL ERA; 3.3.1. Arbitrary Nature of Legal Jurisdictions; 3.3.2. Displacement and Relegation of Customary Law; 3.3.3. Relegation of Traditional Adjudicating Bodies; 3.3.4. Transformation or Invention of Customary Law; 3.3.5. Avenues for Opting Out of the Customary Law System. 
505 8 |a 3.4. CUSTOMARY LAW IN THE POST-COLONIAL ERA3.4.1. Legal Pluralism; 3.4.2. State Control over Customary Courts; 3.4.3. Attitude of Lawyers/Legal Education; 3.4.4. Emergence of Written Constitutions in Most African Countries; 3.5. FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN AFRICAN SOCIETY AND WORLDVIEWS; 3.5.1. Loss of Supremacy of the African Traditional Institutions; 3.5.2. Social, Economic, and Political Changes; 3.5.3. Changes in the Magico-Religious Belief; 3.5.4. The Rise of New African Elites; 3.5.5. External Socio-Cultural Influences; 3.6. PROSPECTS OF CUSTOMARY LAW. 
500 |a 3.6.1. Survival of Some Customary Law Norms as Unofficial Law. 
520 |a "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. The Future of African Customary Law is intended to promote discussion and understanding of customary law and to explore its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. This 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"--  |c Provided by publisher 
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