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African law: adaptation and development, edited by Hilda Kuper and Leo Kuper.
- Title
- African law: adaptation and development, edited by Hilda Kuper and Leo Kuper.
- Author
- Kuper, Hilda,
- Publication
- Berkeley, University of California Press, 1965.
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- Description
- viii, 275 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Contributions, in English or French, to the second interdisciplinary seminar arranged by the African Studies Center of the University of California, Los Angeles, and held in the spring of 1963.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 261-266.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part 1. Theoretical introduction. Introduction / Hilda Kuper, Leo Kuper -- The sociological framework of law / M.G. Smith -- Pt. 2. Traditional legal systems. Land law in the making / Philip Mayer, Iona Mayer -- Justice and judgment among the Southern Ibo under colonial rule / Daryll Forde -- A traditional legal system: the Kuba / Jan Vansina -- Reasonableness and responsibility in the law of segmentary societies / Max Gluckman
- Pt. 3. Adaptation and directed change. The adaptation of Muslim law in sub-Saharan Africa / J.N.D. Anderson -- L'evolution de la législation dans les pays africains d'expression française et à Madagascar / Gabriel d'Arboussier -- The evolution of law and government in modern Africa / T.O. Elias -- The adaptation of customary family law in South Africa / Leslie Rubin -- The future of African law / Antony N. Allott.
- LCCN
- ^^^65024589^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library