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An introduction to African legal philosophy /
This is an introductory book on African legal philosophy. The book claims that African legal philosophy exists and is intelligible in the context of African culture, just as every other legal philosophy has its cultural foundation. What law is, how it is thought, how it is interpreted, and how it is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is an introductory book on African legal philosophy. The book claims that African legal philosophy exists and is intelligible in the context of African culture, just as every other legal philosophy has its cultural foundation. What law is, how it is thought, how it is interpreted, and how it is applied takes place with thing the parameters of African culture. At a time when the imposition of Western culture on Africans has to be reckoned with, African legal philosophy is, in part, a response to this imposition. It ought to have a liberating effect. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 232 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739174678 0739174673 1299557694 9781299557697 |