Search results for "African law"
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Research on Legal Environment for Chinese Investments in Africa
2009
Proceedings of the conference held in Macao on the same theme
The Harmonization of Business Law in Africa and its Advantages for Chinese Investments in Africa
2008
Provceedings of a conference held in Macau on the same theme
The New African Law: Beyond the Difference Between Common Law and Civil Law
2008
The article analyzes the developments of African law in a comparative perspective, considering how the contraposition between the two main legal traditions affects such development.
African Law(s)
2023
The book presents a critical rethinking of the study of law in Africa from a comparative law perspective and proposes a new approach on how to consider law in Africa. It highlights the inadequacies of current Western theoretical perspectives in comparative law, especially for studying African law, arguing that they are too eurocentric to fully catch the peculiarities and characteristics of the African “lawscape”. The common thread of the present work is that of consider law in Africa from a different perspective. The aim of the proposed approach is to demonstrate that the African legal culture can be considered at the same level of the Western one, so that – being deeply rooted in the cultu…
Trends on the Harmonization of Contract Law in Africa
2007
The article examines the different initiatives of the harmonization of contract law in the African context
Informal laws and state law in the horn of Africa
2019
This essay examines the relationship existing between informal law and state laws in the four countries of the Horn of Africa from an historical and comparative perspective. Such relation is considered from the time when the four countries became independent, however reference is also made from time to time to the colonial background when necessary to justify a particular situation. The analysis casts also an eye to the relation existing between religious laws and state laws, as religious laws represent an essential component in the interaction between state laws and the other normative orders present in these four countries. The essay concludes with some recommendations for the improvement…
The integration of informal business law in the OHADA framework. Methodological reflections
2021
OHADA represents today a successful example of legal integration that offers a modern and reliable legal environment regarding business law in those countries that have joined it. However, such a modern integrated system of business law appears to be unsuited to the informal business sector that still represents a vital segment of the economy in most of the African countries. The paper discusses the attempts that have been made to integrate the informal business sector in the OHADA framework, trying to understand the reasons why they have been substantially unsuccessful and suggests a possible way forward to make such integration possible.
Comparative Law in Africa: Methodologies and Concepts
2015
Proceedings of the workshop held in Cape Town on the same theme
A gap is a gap everywhere? An African Contribution to the Taxonomy of Legal Gaps
2014
The article examines the issue of legal gaps from the perspective of African law
Comparative Law in the African context
2015
The article paves the way to the creation of a specific comparative law methodology for the studies of African legal system in a comparative perspective.