TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murungi,John
TI  - An introduction to African legal philosophy
SN  - 9780739174678
AV  - KQC90 
U1  - 340/.1 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Lanham, Maryland
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Law
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - LAW
KW  - Essays
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General Practice
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Paralegals & Paralegalism
KW  - Practical Guides
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Sub-Saharan Africa
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index; African jurisprudence -- Thinking like an African lawyer -- African legal interpretation -- Otieno case and African jurisprudence
N2  - 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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