LEADER 05209nam 2200637 450 001 9910786403003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9966-031-92-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000125869 035 $a(EBL)1707213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001225911 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11657606 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225911 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11289634 035 $a(PQKB)10835421 035 $a(OCoLC)899266864 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38438 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1707213 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10879018 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL664281 035 $a(OCoLC)881417078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707213 035 $a(PPN)187342806 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000125869 100 $a20140616h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrican customary law $ean introduction /$fPeter Onyango 210 1$aNairobi, Kenya ;$aKampala, Uganda :$cLawAfrica,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-32999-0 311 $a9966-031-34-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; PREFACE; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF STATUTES; INTRODUCTION; THE STUDY OF CUSTOMARY LAW JUSTIFIED; SCOPE AND AIM; METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH; CHAPTER ONE -THE NATURE OF AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 DEFINITION; 1.3 SUBJECTIVITY AND OBJECTIVITY OF THE LAW; 1.4 DEFINITION FROM OTHER SCHOLARS; 1.5 DEFINITION OF CUSTOMARY LAW; 1.6 SYSTEM; 1.7 LEGAL ETHNOGRAPHERS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS; CHAPTER TWO -NATURE, CHARACTERISTICS, LIMITS; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 CUSTOMARY RULES AND PRACTICES; 2.3 CHARACTERISTICS 327 $a2.4 CONTEXTUALIZATION AND DIVERSITIES2.6 SCARCE BACK-UP AND LOW SUPPORTIVE POLITICAL WILL; 2.7 LACK OF BARGAIN POWER; 2.8 INCONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE; 2.9 REPUGNANCY PRINCIPLE; 2.10 RELIABILITY; 2.11 ORAL FORM IN THE JUDICIAL TRADITIONS; 2.12 CIVILIZATION CHALLENGE; 2.13 PROXIMITY; 2.14 SOURCES OF LAW; CHAPTER THREE -PRAXIS OF CUSTOMARY LAW; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 KENYA; 3.3 ETHIOPIA; 3.4 SOMALIA; 3.5 NIGERIA; 3.6 GHANA; 3.7 SOUTH AFRICA; CHAPTER FOUR - THE USE OF CUSTOMARY LAW IN OTHER SYSTEMS; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BRITISH EXPERIENCE; 4.3 ROMAN EXPERIENCE; 4.4 INDIAN EXPERIENCE 327 $aCHAPTER FIVE -CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMARY LAW5.1 OLD CONSTITUTION; 5.2 NEW CONSTITUTION; 5.3 JUDICATURE ACT OF 1967; 5.4 THE QUESTION OF RANK; 5.5 APPLICABILITY OF CUSTOMARY LAW; CHAPTER SIX - GENESIS AND UPHEAVALS OF THE CUSTOMARY LAW; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 BRITISH COLONIAL RULINGS (ORDINANCES); 6.3 FALL AND RISE OF AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW; 6.4 PRIORITIZING AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW; 6.4.1 Background Study of Facts; 6.4.2 Islamic Marriage and Divorce; 6.4.3 Hindu Marriage and Divorce; 6.5 REVIVING AFRICAN TRADITION COURTS; 6.6 ABOLISHING AFRICAN COURTS 327 $a6.7 QUALIFYING THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF AT AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAWCHAPTER SEVEN -QUEST FOR INTEGRATED SYSTEM; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 CONFLICT OF LAWS; 7.3 DEVELOPMENT OF MARRIAGE LAW; 7.4 DIVORCE AND INHERITANCE LAW; 7.5 LAW OF SUCCESSION; 7.6 LAND LAW; 7.7 SCHOLARLY EVALUATION OF THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM; 7.8 MORE ON SUCCESSION; 7.9 LAWS OF INHERITANCE IN KENYA; 7.10 UNIFORM CUSTOMARY LAW; CHAPTER EIGHT - QUEST FOR AFRICAN JURISPRUDENCE; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 THE ROADMAP FOR AFRICA; 8.3 UBUNTU CONCEPT; 8.4 LINGUISTIC CHALLENGE; 8.5 IMPEDIMENTS TOWARDS THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM; 8.6 COLONIAL LEGACY 327 $aCHAPTER NINE - DETERMINING THE FUTURE9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 DEALING WITH AUTHENTICITY ISSUE; 9.3 THE DILEMMA; 9.4 INTRIGUING QUESTIONS; 9.4.1 Witchcraft; 9.4.2 Female Circumcision among some Tribes; 9.4.3 Dowry Law; 9.4.4 Bill On Dowry In Kenya; 9.5 LEGAL PRAGMATISM; CHAPTER TEN - CRITIQUES; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE COURT; 10.2.1 Rwandan Experience; 10.2.2 Kangaroo Court - Kenyan Experience; 10.3 THE FATE OF CUSTOMARY COURT; 10.3.1 Ghanian Experience; 10.3.2 Kenyan Experience; 10.3.3 Ugandan Experience; 10.4 PUNISHMENT IN CUSTOMARY LAW 327 $a10.5 THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 330 $aThe author is a Don at the School of Law, University of Nairobi Kenya and a development consultant with various NGOs and other international bodies in Eastern Africa region and Italy. He is a researcher and writer of articles and texts on matters concerning law and culture. Dr. Onyango is an expert in modern legal science with wide knowledge of law ranging from comparative legal system, international public law, ethics, philosophy, theology, sociology, mass media and social realities today. He is currently teaching Social Foundations of Law, Customary Law, International Public Law and Internat 606 $aCustomary law$zAfrica 615 0$aCustomary law 676 $a340.096 700 $aOnyango$b Peter$01483671 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786403003321 996 $aAfrican customary law$93701919 997 $aUNINA