Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AFRICAN SOCIETY
Term session
0
Term
2016A
Subject area
AFRC
Section number only
401
Section ID
AFRC268401
Meeting times
TR 1030AM-1200PM
Meeting location
MCNEIL BUILDING 309
Instructors
ZUBERI, TUKUFU
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 indigenous law with western law and other legal traditions to create unified 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 contracts and civil wrongs, land law, law of succession, marriage and divorce and Africa's laws of International Relations, among other laws. Throughout this course a comparative analysis with non-African countries will be stressed.
Course number only
268
Cross listings
SOCI268401
Use local description
No