James S Read
Biographic Data
| ID | 223086 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James S Read |
| GIVEN NAMES | James S |
| FAMILY NAME | Read |
| SIGNATURE | READ J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nigeria's New Constitution for 1992: The third Republic
The 1979 Constitution of Nigeria was widely acclaimed as a boldly innovative attempt to introduce structures for democratic government which were new to the Commonwealth. These included the adoption of an American-style separation of legislative and executive powers, albeit with many distinctive elements, to replace the “Westminster model” which had been so productive of tension and conflict at both federal and regional levels under the Independe…
Revolutionary Legality in Lesotho: A Fresh Look at Constitutional Legitimacy
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Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980
Journal Article Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980 Get access Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980, by Sally Falk Moore. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. xvi+397 pp. £39.50 hardback, £13.95 paperback. JAMES S. READ JAMES S. READ School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar A…
Tony Allott: A Colleague's Tribute
It is entirely appropriate that this Special Volume, completing the thirtieth year of publication of the Journal of African Law , should acclaim the rich and many-sided contributions of the founding Editor of the Journal , Professor A. N. (Tony) Allott. His name has been inseparable from the study of African law throughout the existence of the Journal. The present writer was privileged to share in the excitement when the page proofs for the first…
Supreme Court of Mauritius: Société United Docks v . Government of Mauritius and Desmarais Brothers Ltd. and Ors. v . Government of Mauritius
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The New Constitution of Nigeria, 1979: “The Washington Model”
The end of almost fourteen years of military government, with the restoration of civilian rule in Nigeria on 1st October, 1979, would inevitably have been a landmark of great significance for Africa and the Commonwealth. What has given it quite exceptional importance is the fact that Nigeria, turning its back on Westminster, has chosen to adopt a new constitutional structure which can aptly be regarded as a version of “the Washington model”. This…
Studies in the Making of Colonial Laws: An Introduction
This Special Number of the Journal contains four articles concerned essentially with analysing the process of colonial law-making in the form of legislation dealing with certain key subjects. The four studies examine varied topics, touching on most of the former British dependencies in Africa north of the Zambesi, but they have in common a reliance on the official archives as a source in which the “secret” history of certain important enactments …
Indirect Rule and the Search for Justice: Essays in East African Legal History
"Bills of Rights in "The Third World: Some Commonwealth Experiences
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
A Milestone in the Integration of Personal Laws: The new Law of Marriage and Divorce in Tanzania
When the Commission on the Law of Marriage and Divorce in Kenya presented its Report in 1968, the basic scheme of its proposals, and the draft Bill it had prepared for the reform and integration of the laws, were widely welcomed and it has been a disappointment to many—not least, it may be supposed, to the members of the Commission—that four years have passed without those proposals having been translated into statutory form in Kenya. It is a lit…
A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945
A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945 Get access A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945, by J. S. Mangar. Clarendon Press, 1969. xvi, 216pp. £2.75. The Indians in Uganda, by H. S. Morris. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968. xi, 230pp. £2.50. The Indian Minority of Zambia, Rhodesia and Malawi, by Floyd Dotson and Lillian O. Dotson. Yale UP, 1968. xiv, 444pp. £4.50. JAMES S. READ JAMES S. READ School of Oriental and Afri…
Family Law in Asin and Africa
Journal Article Family Law in Asin and Africa Get access Family Law in Asin and Africa, editied by J.N.D. Anderson . Allen &Unwin, 1968. 301pp. 60s. JAMES S. READ JAMES S. READ School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 271, April 1969, Pages 160–161, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a095868 Published: 01 April …
Minimum Sentences in Tanzania
To what extent do the methods of treating criminal offenders in African states require revision ? This question is increasingly under discussion at present. Problems of crime and punishment are changing. To some extent such problems appear in a changed form after the end of the colonial period, when foreign governments have been replaced by representative national governments. The prison, an alien institution in much of Africa, which, moreover, i…
When is customary law relevant
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Some Suggested Reading
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Criminal Law in the Africa of Today and Tomorrow
Future developments in the criminal laws of many African countries present a number of problems. The influence of English criminal law throughout the English-speaking areas has been universal: even in southern Africa where the legal systems are founded upon Roman-Dutch law, criminal law is to a great extent English in character. 2 It will be seen, however, that English principles when applied south of the Zambezi may undergo metamorphosis as a re…
Ghana: The Criminal Code, 1960
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Uganda
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Constitutions on the Move Constitutional and Political Developments in 1958
It is axiomatic that in colonial constitutional development events move more swiftly each year in response to ever-increasing pressures. Major changes made or proposed during 1958 for dependent territories in Africa reflect considerable ingenuity and variety of approach: in order to indicate them in outline, it will be necessary to be consecutive only in a geographical sense
Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980
Journal Article Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980 Get access Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980, by Sally Falk Moore. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. xvi+397 pp. £39.50 hardback, £13.95 paperback. JAMES S. READ JAMES S. READ School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar A…
Studies in the Making of Colonial Laws: An Introduction
This Special Number of the Journal contains four articles concerned essentially with analysing the process of colonial law-making in the form of legislation dealing with certain key subjects. The four studies examine varied topics, touching on most of the former British dependencies in Africa north of the Zambesi, but they have in common a reliance on the official archives as a source in which the “secret” history of certain important enactments …
"Bills of Rights in "The Third World: Some Commonwealth Experiences
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
Constitutions on the Move Constitutional and Political Developments in 1958
It is axiomatic that in colonial constitutional development events move more swiftly each year in response to ever-increasing pressures. Major changes made or proposed during 1958 for dependent territories in Africa reflect considerable ingenuity and variety of approach: in order to indicate them in outline, it will be necessary to be consecutive only in a geographical sense
Uganda
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Ghana: The Criminal Code, 1960
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When is customary law relevant
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Some Suggested Reading
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Criminal Law in the Africa of Today and Tomorrow
Future developments in the criminal laws of many African countries present a number of problems. The influence of English criminal law throughout the English-speaking areas has been universal: even in southern Africa where the legal systems are founded upon Roman-Dutch law, criminal law is to a great extent English in character. 2 It will be seen, however, that English principles when applied south of the Zambezi may undergo metamorphosis as a re…
Minimum Sentences in Tanzania
To what extent do the methods of treating criminal offenders in African states require revision ? This question is increasingly under discussion at present. Problems of crime and punishment are changing. To some extent such problems appear in a changed form after the end of the colonial period, when foreign governments have been replaced by representative national governments. The prison, an alien institution in much of Africa, which, moreover, i…
Family Law in Asin and Africa
Journal Article Family Law in Asin and Africa Get access Family Law in Asin and Africa, editied by J.N.D. Anderson . Allen &Unwin, 1968. 301pp. 60s. JAMES S. READ JAMES S. READ School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 68, Issue 271, April 1969, Pages 160–161, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a095868 Published: 01 April …
A Milestone in the Integration of Personal Laws: The new Law of Marriage and Divorce in Tanzania
When the Commission on the Law of Marriage and Divorce in Kenya presented its Report in 1968, the basic scheme of its proposals, and the draft Bill it had prepared for the reform and integration of the laws, were widely welcomed and it has been a disappointment to many—not least, it may be supposed, to the members of the Commission—that four years have passed without those proposals having been translated into statutory form in Kenya. It is a lit…
A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945
A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945 Get access A History of the Asians in East Africa c. 1886 to 1945, by J. S. Mangar. Clarendon Press, 1969. xvi, 216pp. £2.75. The Indians in Uganda, by H. S. Morris. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968. xi, 230pp. £2.50. The Indian Minority of Zambia, Rhodesia and Malawi, by Floyd Dotson and Lillian O. Dotson. Yale UP, 1968. xiv, 444pp. £4.50. JAMES S. READ JAMES S. READ School of Oriental and Afri…
"Bills of Rights in "The Third World: Some Commonwealth Experiences
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
Indirect Rule and the Search for Justice: Essays in East African Legal History
The New Constitution of Nigeria, 1979: “The Washington Model”
The end of almost fourteen years of military government, with the restoration of civilian rule in Nigeria on 1st October, 1979, would inevitably have been a landmark of great significance for Africa and the Commonwealth. What has given it quite exceptional importance is the fact that Nigeria, turning its back on Westminster, has chosen to adopt a new constitutional structure which can aptly be regarded as a version of “the Washington model”. This…
Studies in the Making of Colonial Laws: An Introduction
This Special Number of the Journal contains four articles concerned essentially with analysing the process of colonial law-making in the form of legislation dealing with certain key subjects. The four studies examine varied topics, touching on most of the former British dependencies in Africa north of the Zambesi, but they have in common a reliance on the official archives as a source in which the “secret” history of certain important enactments …
Supreme Court of Mauritius: Société United Docks v . Government of Mauritius and Desmarais Brothers Ltd. and Ors. v . Government of Mauritius
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Tony Allott: A Colleague's Tribute
It is entirely appropriate that this Special Volume, completing the thirtieth year of publication of the Journal of African Law , should acclaim the rich and many-sided contributions of the founding Editor of the Journal , Professor A. N. (Tony) Allott. His name has been inseparable from the study of African law throughout the existence of the Journal. The present writer was privileged to share in the excitement when the page proofs for the first…
Nigeria's New Constitution for 1992: The third Republic
The 1979 Constitution of Nigeria was widely acclaimed as a boldly innovative attempt to introduce structures for democratic government which were new to the Commonwealth. These included the adoption of an American-style separation of legislative and executive powers, albeit with many distinctive elements, to replace the “Westminster model” which had been so productive of tension and conflict at both federal and regional levels under the Independe…
Revolutionary Legality in Lesotho: A Fresh Look at Constitutional Legitimacy
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980
Journal Article Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980 Get access Social Facts and Fabrications. 'Customary' Law on Kilimanjaro, 1880-1980, by Sally Falk Moore. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986. xvi+397 pp. £39.50 hardback, £13.95 paperback. JAMES S. READ JAMES S. READ School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar A…
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