Conflict resolution in African customary law

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dc.contributor.authorRugege, S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:11:19Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:11:19Zen
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis essay discusses the extent to which African customary law is more than custom, yet less than law. It is simply a generic term for more or less similar (African) systems of law or standards of behavior. Its weakness is that it is not written down. On the other hand, its strength is that it is easily understood by most rural Africans in their milieu. The historical evolution of African customary law through the colonial period and into the present is described. The essay ends with the question of whether it should be integrated into uniform national legal systems or simply abolished.en
dc.description.notesAvailable in SANREM office, FSen
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dc.identifier1982en
dc.identifier.citationAfrica Notes October 1995en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66565en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherIthaca, NY: Institute for African Development, Cornell Universityen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectConflict resolutionen
dc.subjectLaws and regulationsen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleConflict resolution in African customary lawen
dc.typeAbstracten
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