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020			_a9780511844294 (ebook)
020			_z9780521118538 (hardback)
020			_z9781107625044 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aKQC99 _b.F88 2011
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245	0	4	_aThe Future of African Customary Law / _cedited by Jeanmarie Fenrich, Paolo Galizzi, Tracy E. Higgins.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (564 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aCustomary 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.
700	1		_aFenrich, Jeanmarie, _eeditor.
700	1		_aGalizzi, Paolo, _eeditor.
700	1		_aHiggins, Tracy E., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521118538
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844294
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38104 _d38104