Traditional communities are no longer homogeneous. Before, basically everybody knew what the law of the community was. There is a growing understanding that the legal complexity experienced in urban settlements where various customary laws apply needs attention. There is also a growing acceptance that the verdict of the chief is not necessarily the last word: dissatisfied parties may take that verdict on appeal to a state court whose judges will not necessarily know what the customary law applied by the court a quo.The Namibian approach to ascertaining customary law has become known as the self-statement of customary law. Self-stating customary law refers to a process of ascertaining customary law by the owners of the law to be ascertained,...
The Namibian Constitution is, in many ways, a model for the world. Among the human rights it guarant...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...
The roles of the courts have become an inevitable social reality in adjudicating customary law dispu...
Customary Law Ascertained Volume 2 is the second of a three volume series in which traditional autho...
In this Article, the authors discuss Namibia\u27s dual legal system, inherited from the previous Sou...
In the advent of the current dispensation, South Africa’s Constitution elucidates that customary law...
Customary Law Ascertained Volume 3 is the third of a three-volume series in which traditional author...
The Namibian Constitution is, in many ways, a model for the world. Among the human rights it guarant...
It is often said that customary law is unwritten, as its knowledge system is not recorded in statute...
Customary law is an alternative legal framework to statute or public law. In the past the existence ...
South Sudanese legal system is identified as a pluralistic legal system in which African customary l...
For millions of Indigenous peoples around the world their own customary laws (nonstate laws they co...
South Sudanese legal system is identified as a pluralistic legal system in which African customary l...
This special edition comprises a selection of contributions delivered at a conference hosted by the ...
The article examines the possibility of creating an indigenous legal pluralism within the South Afr...
The Namibian Constitution is, in many ways, a model for the world. Among the human rights it guarant...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...
The roles of the courts have become an inevitable social reality in adjudicating customary law dispu...
Customary Law Ascertained Volume 2 is the second of a three volume series in which traditional autho...
In this Article, the authors discuss Namibia\u27s dual legal system, inherited from the previous Sou...
In the advent of the current dispensation, South Africa’s Constitution elucidates that customary law...
Customary Law Ascertained Volume 3 is the third of a three-volume series in which traditional author...
The Namibian Constitution is, in many ways, a model for the world. Among the human rights it guarant...
It is often said that customary law is unwritten, as its knowledge system is not recorded in statute...
Customary law is an alternative legal framework to statute or public law. In the past the existence ...
South Sudanese legal system is identified as a pluralistic legal system in which African customary l...
For millions of Indigenous peoples around the world their own customary laws (nonstate laws they co...
South Sudanese legal system is identified as a pluralistic legal system in which African customary l...
This special edition comprises a selection of contributions delivered at a conference hosted by the ...
The article examines the possibility of creating an indigenous legal pluralism within the South Afr...
The Namibian Constitution is, in many ways, a model for the world. Among the human rights it guarant...
This article is drawn from a dissertation, entitled “The Politics of Law in the Recognition of Papua...
The roles of the courts have become an inevitable social reality in adjudicating customary law dispu...