One or more presenters to be selected from Call for Papers.
Traditional institutions and customary legal rules continue to regulate many areas of people’s lives in Africa. Once the primary source of law, customary rules have evolved in content and application, over periods of colonization, decolonization and post-colonial governance, to co-exist in the context of pluralist legal systems alongside domestic constitutional law, statutory law, common law, and international rules. Panelists will discuss the content of selected bodies of African customary laws and their relationship with relevant domestic constitutional provisions and human rights standards across a variety of substantive areas, including the role and power of traditional authorities; criminal law; customary land tenure, property rights and intestate succession; and family law and gender equality.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.