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Droit romain et Code Noir. Quelques réflexions a posteriori
2015
In Roman times, slavery is domestic, before conquests transformed its nature. Colonial slavery is an economic exploitation based on slave trade. How do the administrators apprehend the slave’s legal status ? Does the Code noir follow local rules or Roman precedents to supervise practice, according to some expected effects on the settlers’s property ? If Roman law serves as a matrix, is it as a simple recovery or as an indirect influence ? The spirit of antique solutions is present, but it is not essential for the legal definition of "Negros". The Roman law provides a conceptual tool to understand a posteriori the inner wheels of a specific status, at the turning point between property right…
Interaction among Customary Law, Islamic Law and Colonial Law during the Italian Administration of Somalia
2020
The chapter discusses the presence of customary law, islamic law and colonial law during the period of Italian administration of Somalia (both colonial and during the trusteeship administration under UN mandate) and the interaction among these normative orders.