Studies in African Native Law / Julius Lewin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewin, Julius, Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Customary law--South Africa.

Customary law.

Indigenous peoples--South Africa.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers a firsthand examination of legal practice in colonial Africa during the first half of the twentieth century. The author evaluates the place of tribal law in the legal system of South Africa and the complex problems that arise from the conflicting laws of merging cultures. Some of the questions he asks are: What is the relation of tribal law to the common law of the country, especially on the same subject? Can tribal law be developed to keep pace with the changing conditions of tribal society? What is the future of tribal law in South Africa? These questions have sociological implications that reach far beyond the African continent and the waning colonial period during which they were posed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. The Sources of Native Law

2. The Framework of Native Law

3 . Two Forms of Marriage

4. Marriage by Native Christians in British Africa

5. The Conflict of Native Law and Common Law

6 . The Conflict of Tribal Laws

7. Crime in Relation to Native Policy

8. Crime and Punishment in Africa

9 . Native Courts and Britishh Justice in Africa

10. The Recognition of African Native Law

11. Some Lobolo Cases

12. Some Cases of Inheritance

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Backmatter

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5128-0388-X

OCLC:

979905825