19 June 2024

Reimagining Legal Pluralism in Africa: Balancing Indigenous, State, and Religious Laws

 

Reimagining Legal Pluralism in Africa

Balancing Indigenous, State, and Religious Laws


Volume Editors: 

Anthony C. Diala and Christa Rautenbach


This collection challenges the prevailing conflict of laws approach to the

interaction of state and indigenous legal systems. It introduces adaptive

legal pluralism as an alternative framework that emphasises dialogue

and engagement between these legal systems. By exploring a dialogic

approach to legal pluralism, the authors shed light on how it can

effectively address the challenges stemming from the colonial

imposition of industrial legal systems on Africa’s agrarian political

economies.


Biographical Note


Anthony C. Diala, Ph.D. (2016), is a distinguished Professor of African law

and Director of the Centre for Legal Integration in Africa at the

University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Renowned for his research,

he specialises in legal pluralism, comparative law, and human rights in

Africa.


Christa Rautenbach, LL.D. (2001), is a distinguished Professor of Law at

the North-West University, South Africa. A leading scholar in legal

pluralism and succession law, she has authored and edited key

publications, such as "Introduction to Legal Pluralism in South Africa"

(LexisNexis, 2021, 5th ed).


Readership


This comprehensive work is invaluable for scholars specialising in law,

anthropology, sociology, political science, and history. Moreover,

policymakers, legal practitioners, and development professionals

working in Africa will find it an essential resource for understanding and

navigating the complexities of legal pluralism in the African context.


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