Reimagining Legal Pluralism in Africa : Balancing Indigenous, State, and Religious Laws /

This collection challenges the prevailing conflict of laws approach to the interaction of state and indigenous legal systems. It introduces adaptive legal pluralism as an alternative framework that emphasises dialogue and engagement between these legal systems. By exploring a dialogic approach to le...

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Other Authors: Diala, Anthony C. (Editor), Rautenbach, Christa (Editor)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2024.

Series: Developments in International Law ; 80.
International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2024.

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505 0 |t Front Matter -- Preliminary Material /  |r Anthony C. Diala and Christa Rautenbach -- Copyright Page /  |r Anthony C. Diala and Christa Rautenbach -- Part 1 -- Chapter 2 State Intervention in the Customary Law of Succession in South Africa: What Remains of Customary Norms in the "Rainbow Nation"? /  |r Christa Rautenbach -- Chapter 3 The Communal Nature of the South African Customary Law of Succession: Developments in the 21st Century /  |r Fatima Osman -- Part 2 -- Chapter 4 Balancing Customary Practices and Human Rights in the Proposed Single Marriage Bill /  |r Rita Ozoemena , George Fordam Otieno Wara , and Khupi Ramarumo -- Chapter 5 Recognition of Woman-to-Woman Marriage under State Laws and African Customary Laws /  |r Adeniyi Olatunbosun and Samson Odetayo -- Chapter 6 Constitutional Transformation of the Customary Marriage Laws of the Batswana Tribe /  |r Boitumelo Mmusinyane -- Part 3 -- Chapter 7 The Past, Present, and Future of Muslim Personal Law in Ghana: A Judicial Analysis /  |r Yüksel Sezgin -- Chapter 8 Community Protocols as Self-Determination Strategies in the Global South: Indigenous Experiences of Legal Pluralism in Brazil and South Africa /  |r Rodrigo Ferreira Barros -- Chapter 9 Sustainability of Customary Law Arbitration within the Nigerian Legal System: Judicial Rigidity versus the Organic Fluidity of Customary Law /  |r Philip O. Odiase -- Chapter 10 "Our Human Rights are Our Land": Reconceptualising the Right to Property from an Indigenous Perspective /  |r Davinia Gómez-Sánchez -- Part 4 -- Chapter 11 Penalising Passion: A Reflection on the Offence of Adultery in the Context of Cultural Relativism and Human Rights /  |r Jennifer H. Mike -- Chapter 12 Limitations to the Application of Customary Law as Determinants of the Nature of Customary Law in Botswana /  |r Bonolo Ramadi Dinokopila -- Chapter 13 Laws of Motion and Motions of Laws: Towards a Transformative Law-and-Political-Economy Framework for Customary Law in South Africa /  |r Reshard L. Kolabhai -- Epilogue /  |r Albie Sachs -- Back Matter -- Index /  |r Anthony C. Diala and Christa Rautenbach. 
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