African law(s) : comparative insights on the African lawscape / by Salvatore Mancuso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mancuso, Salvatore, 1963- author.

Series:

Comparative law in global perspective (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 6.

Comparative law in global perspective, 2772-5332 ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Africa.

Law.

Comparative law--Africa.

Comparative law.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xii, 329 pages ; map : 25 cm.

Other Title:

African laws

African law

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, [2024]

Summary:

"This book takes a comparative law perspective and proposes a new approach for researching law in Africa. Western theoretical perspectives in comparative law are too Eurocentric to fully catch the peculiarities and characteristics of the African "lawscape"-in short, they are inadequate for studying African law. In this book, Professor Salvatore Mancuso considers the law in Africa from a different perspective. Deeply rooted in the culture of the African people, this approach considers African legal culture with the same legitimacy as Western legal culture, setting a precedent for future policy-making decisions relating to legislative development in Africa"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Africa and comparative law

Methodological aspects

Characteristic features of law in Africa

Regulating the African societies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version : Mancuso, Salvatore, 1963- African law(s)

ISBN:

9789004685468

9004685464

OCLC:

1390553606