Association of American Law Schools.Centennial Annual Meeting.
January 5-9, 2000.Washington, DC

Schedule
Registration
Housing
Saturday, January 8, 2000
1:30-3:15 p.m.
Delaware Suite B
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Lobby Level
Joint Program of Sections on Africa and Law and Anthropology
Paul H. Brietzke, Valparaiso University, and Chair, Section on Africa
Peter Sevareid, Temple University, and Chair and Program Co-Chair, Section on Law and Anthropology
Charles A. Marvin, Georgia State University, Program Co-Chair
 
 
The Future of Customary Law in Africa
 
Moderator and Speaker:
  Peter Sevareid, Temple University
 
Speakers:
  Charles A. Marvin, Georgia State University
Laura Nader, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Kofi Asare Opoku, Visiting Professor, Department of Religion, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania
 
 
Several decades after the appearance of post-colonial states across the African continent, numerous national legal systems there have not yet succeeded in assimilating the treatment of various categories of disputes into coverage by superimposed mechanisms of hierarchical courts, using positivistic norms.
This panel will address an array of issues that are of ongoing interest concerning the role of customary law in several African cultures.
Business Meeting for Section on Africa at Program Conclusion


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