African legal theory and contemporary problems : critical essays / Oche Onazi, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Onazi, Oche, editor.

Series:

Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 29.

Ius gentium ; volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Africa--Philosophy.

Law.

Human rights--Africa.

Human rights.

Philosophy.

Africa.

Physical Description:

x, 293 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]

Contents:

Introduction / Oche Onazi

On "African" legal theory : a possibility, an impossibility or mere conundrum? / Chikosa Mozesi Silungwe

When British justice (in African colonies) points two ways : on dualism, hybridity, and the genealogy of juridical negritude in Taslim Olawale Elias / Mark Toufayan

Decoding Afrocentrism : decolonizing legal theory / Dan Kuwali

Connecting African jurisprudence to universal jurisprudence through a shared understanding of contract / Dominic Burbidge

The legal subject in modern African law : a Nigerian report / Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

African values, human rights and group rights : a philosophical foundation for the Banjul Charter / Thaddeus Metz

Before rights and responsibilities : an African ethos of citizenship / Oche Onazi

The practice and promise of making rights claims : lessons from the South African treatment access campaign / Karen Zivi

Unpacking the universal : African human rights philosophy in Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart / Basil Ugochukwu

Legal empowerment of the poor : does political participation matter? / Oche Onazi

The humanist basis of African communitarianism as viable third alternative theory of developmentalism / Adebisi Arewa

Crime detection and the Psychic witness in America : an allegory for re-appraising indigenous African criminology / Babafemi Odunsi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789400775367

9400775369

OCLC:

857956630