02343nam 2200541 a 450 991046256240332120200520144314.00-7391-7467-3(CKB)2670000000358031(EBL)1203902(SSID)ssj0000873043(PQKBManifestationID)12467019(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873043(PQKBWorkID)10866132(PQKB)10670933(MiAaPQ)EBC1203902(Au-PeEL)EBL1203902(CaPaEBR)ebr10698645(CaONFJC)MIL487019(OCoLC)842919806(EXLCZ)99267000000035803120130206d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn introduction to African legal philosophy[electronic resource] /John MurungiLanham, Md. Lexington Books20131 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-5647-7 0-7391-7466-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introducing African legal philosophy -- African jurisprudence -- Thinking like an African lawyer -- African legal interpretation -- Otieno case and African jurisprudence -- Concluding an African legal philosophy.This is an introductory book on African legal philosophy. The book claims that African legal philosophy exists and is intelligible in the context of African culture, just as every other legal philosophy has its cultural foundation. What law is, how it is thought, how it is interpreted, and how it is applied takes place with thing the parameters of African culture. At a time when the imposition of Western culture on Africans has to be reckoned with, African legal philosophy is, in part, a response to this imposition. It ought to have a liberating effect.LawAfrica, Sub-SaharanPhilosophyElectronic books.LawPhilosophy.340/.1Murungi John1943-869689MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462562403321An introduction to African legal philosophy1941765UNINA