An introduction to African legal philosophy / John Murungi.

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Murungi, John, 1943- [author.]

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TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 232 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780739174678
0739174673
9780739174678
1299557694
9781299557697

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: An introduction to African legal philosophy.DDC classification:

340/.1 23

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KQC90

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Contents:

African jurisprudence -- Thinking like an African lawyer -- African legal interpretation -- Otieno case and African jurisprudence.

Summary: This is an introductory book on African legal philosophy. The book claims that African legal philosophy exists and is intelligible in the context of African culture, just as every other legal philosophy has its cultural foundation. What law is, how it is thought, how it is interpreted, and how it is applied takes place with thing the parameters of African culture. At a time when the imposition of Western culture on Africans has to be reckoned with, African legal philosophy is, in part, a response to this imposition. It ought to have a liberating effect.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.

African jurisprudence -- Thinking like an African lawyer -- African legal interpretation -- Otieno case and African jurisprudence.

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This is an introductory book on African legal philosophy. The book claims that African legal philosophy exists and is intelligible in the context of African culture, just as every other legal philosophy has its cultural foundation. What law is, how it is thought, how it is interpreted, and how it is applied takes place with thing the parameters of African culture. At a time when the imposition of Western culture on Africans has to be reckoned with, African legal philosophy is, in part, a response to this imposition. It ought to have a liberating effect.

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