The Future of African Customary Law

The Future of African Customary Law
Author: Jeanmarie Fenrich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2011-07-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139497820

This book promotes discussion and understanding of customary law and explores its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. It 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.

African Customary Law: An Introduction

African Customary Law: An Introduction
Author: Peter Onyango
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2013-12-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9966031928

The author is a Don at the School of Law, University of Nairobi Kenya and a development consultant with various NGOs and other international bodies in Eastern Africa region and Italy. He is a researcher and writer of articles and texts on matters concerning law and culture. Dr. Onyango is an expert in modern legal science with wide knowledge of law ranging from comparative legal system, international public law, ethics, philosophy, theology, sociology, mass media and social realities today. He is currently teaching Social Foundations of Law, Customary Law, International Public Law and International Relations at the University of Nairobi and he is a part-time lecturer at St. Pauls University. Among his publication are Cultural Gap and Economic Crisis in Africa and, Dholuo Grammar for Beginners.

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, Customary Law and Intellectual Property

Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, Customary Law and Intellectual Property
Author: Paul Kuruk
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2020-03-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1785368486

The book examines the national, regional and international frameworks of protection of traditional knowledge in all regions of the world. It also discusses options to enhance the existing legal regimes including the use of customary laws and protocols; the adoption of mutual recognition agreements premised on the principle of reciprocity; and the disclosure of source or country of origin of traditional knowledge in intellectual property applications.

Ideas and Procedures in African Customary Law

Ideas and Procedures in African Customary Law
Author: Max Gluckman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429946333

The 18 papers in this volume, originally published in 1969 in English and French, with summaries in the other language, define and analyze in their wider social contexts the fundamental ideas and procedures to be found in African traditional systems of law. They assess the needs and problems of adaptation to changing conditions. The comprehensive introduction by Allott, Epsteina nd Gluckman provides a framework of analysis. It deals with the search for a common terminology in which to analyse and compare the different systems of customary law proceedings and evidence, codification and recording, reason and the occult, the conception of legal personality, succcession and inheritance, land rights, marriage and affiliation, injuries, liability and responsibility.

Folk Law

Folk Law
Author: Alison Dundes Renteln
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1995
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780299143442

Folk Law, a comprehensive two-volme collection of essays, examines the meeting place of folklore - the unwritten law of obligations and prohibitions that are understood and passed on - and jurisprudence. The contributors explore the historical significance and implications of folk law, its continuing influence around the globe, and the conflicts that arise when folk law diverges from official law. -- Taken from publisher's site

Indigenous African Institutions

Indigenous African Institutions
Author: George Ayittey
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 904744003X

George Ayittey’s Indigenous African Institutions presents a detailed and convincing picture of pre-colonial and post-colonial Africa - its cultures, traditions, and indigenous institutions, including participatory democracy.