Overview
- Offers a much-needed resource for reflection on the nature and benefits of African legal theory
- Points out the significance of African Legal Theory to the myriad of contemporary global challenges - war, poverty and the crises of the environment
- Interdisciplinary focus covers contributions from law, philosophy, political philosophy, social philosophy, political science, social science
- Unique combination of theoretical insights with a discussion of their potential relevance to practical legal, political, social, economic and cultural problems?
Part of the book series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 29)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Law
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Rights
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Society
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Back Matter
Keywords
- African Ethic of Citizenship
- African Legal Theory
- African Philosophy
- Contemporary African Societies
- Decolonizing Legal Theory
- Decolonizing Legal Theory
- Indigenous African Criminology
- Recolonizing Legal Theory
- Relevance of African Legal Theory
- War, Famine, Hunger, Disease, Poverty and Injustice in Africa
About this book
The book is a collection of essays, which aim to situate African legal theory in the context of the myriad of contemporary global challenges; from the prevalence of war to the misery of poverty and disease to the crises of the environment. Apart from being problems that have an indelible African mark on them, a common theme that runs throughout the essays in this book is that African legal theory has been excluded, under-explored or under-theorised in the search for solutions to such contemporary problems. The essays make a modest attempt to reverse this trend. The contributors investigate and introduce readers to the key issues, questions, concepts, impulses and problems that underpin the idea of African legal theory. They outline the potential offered by African legal theory and open up its key concepts and impulses for critical scrutiny. This is done in order to develop a better understanding of the extent to which African legal theory can contribute to discourses seeking to address some of the challenges that confront African and non-African societies alike.
Reviews
“This book makes an excellent contribution to the never-ending intellectual struggle against European assumptions and prejudice about the nature of past and contemporary Africa. … it provides an opportunity to understand the meanings of power and the epistemological assumptions that can aid a re-imagination of Africans’ future.” (Steve Ouma Akoth, African Affairs, September, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African Legal Theory and Contemporary Problems
Book Subtitle: Critical Essays
Editors: Oche Onazi
Series Title: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7537-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7536-7Published: 10 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7953-1Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7537-4Published: 26 November 2013
Series ISSN: 1534-6781
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9902
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 293
Topics: Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Philosophy of Law, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Regional and Cultural Studies, Development Economics, International and Comparative Education