Le droit et la coutume dans l’Afrique contemporaine
“Customs” must not be confused with “customary law” in Africa. The latter was a European construct for maintaining order in the colonies. It was not at all an ethnological term describing the state of local law. In contrast with the proliferation of customs, “customary law” during the colonial era w...
| Published in: | Droit et Cultures |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | French |
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L’Harmattan
2004-10-01
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/1775 |