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The term “customary law” has many layers of meaning when applied to the African experience. This paper gives a vivid example of a practice of the Chagga people of Kilimanjaro which they regard as a matter of custom. But the paper also makes clear that the idea of customary law has had changing signi...

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Hlavní autoři: Jahanbegloo, Ramin, Albert, Nicole G.
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Français
Vydáno: 2014
On-line přístup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Shrnutí:The term “customary law” has many layers of meaning when applied to the African experience. This paper gives a vivid example of a practice of the Chagga people of Kilimanjaro which they regard as a matter of custom. But the paper also makes clear that the idea of customary law has had changing significance in the British colonial period, in the post-colonial present, and in anthropological theory. The paper presents some of the concepts which Professor Sally Moore has found useful in analyzing this complex topic.