The Interpersonal Conflict of Laws

A Technique for Adapting to Social Change in Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID4252792
AuthorsT W Bennett (University of Cape Town, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume18
Issue1
Pages127-134
Publication date1980-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00009472
OpenAlexW2098307770
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

Since independence from colonial rule, there have been considerable changes in the legal systems of new African nations, reflecting - at least in part - the need to re-establish the position of indigenous customary law in relation to received European law. For many modern Africans, customary law has equivocal significance: all too often, this represents a traditional order, now out of keeping with contemporary social conditions and economic demands, and in addition is imbued with political connotations

Colonialism · Conflict of laws · Economics · Independence (probability theory) · Indigenous · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Relation (database) · Social change · Sociology · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa

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