Editorial: Engaging with African Customary Law: Legal History in Contemporary South Africa

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https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2017/v20i0a3266

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Legal history, oral tradition, sources of South African law, customary law

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This special edition consists of a selection of the contributions delivered an event on Custom, Oral History and Law: Writing South African Legal History, co-hosted by the Law School, University of Edinburgh and the Faculty of Law, North-West University.

 

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References

Chanock M Law, Custom and Legal Order (Cambridge University Press 1985)

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996

Du Plessis W “Afrika en Rome: Regsgeskiedenis by die Kruispad” 1992 De Jure 289-307

Gluckman M (ed) Ideas and Procedures in African Customary law (Oxford University Press London 1965)

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Khunou SF Mountains of Spirit: The Story of the Royal Bakwena ba Mogopa of the North West, South Africa (Rainbird Sandton 2016)

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Published

30-10-2017

How to Cite

Du Plessis, P., & Du Plessis, W. (2017). Editorial: Engaging with African Customary Law: Legal History in Contemporary South Africa. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 20, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2017/v20i0a3266

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Special Edition: Engaging with Customary Law

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