Activity
SEM
Title (text only)
LAW IN AFRICA
Term session
0
Term
2015A
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC620401
Meeting times
M 0430PM-0730PM
Meeting location
WILLIAMS HALL 216
Instructors
FETNI, HOCINE
Description
This course will deal with Law and Society in Africa. After surveying the various legal systems in Africa, the focus will be on how and to what extent the countries of Africa re-Africanized their legal systems by reconciling their legal systems that are used as instruments of social change and development. Toward this end, the experiences of various African countries covering the various legal traditions will be included. Specific focus will be on laws covering both economic and social relations. This emphasis includes laws of marriage, divorce and inheritance, laws of contracts and civil wrongs and African's law of investments and International Relations, among other laws. Throughout this course a comparative analysis with non-African countries will be stressed. Readings include research papers, reports, statutes, treaties, and cases.
Course number only
620
Cross listings
AFRC420401
SOCI460401
SOCI660401
Use local description
No