The Resilience of Indigenous Law in Alaska and the New States of Africa South of the Sahara

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Author
Opolot, James S. E.
Keyword
Africa
Alaska Natives
bush justice
colonialism
justice administration
rural justice
traditional law ways
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10703
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JC 8018
Abstract
Comparative analysis of not only criminal justice administration, but also efforts to modify existing legal systems, are informative to the extent that they allow readers to broaden their perspectives and to learn lessons from other countries. This paper seeks to elaborate on this statement by comparison of the ways in which customary law in Alaska and the young nations of sub-Saharan Africa has been become living law, that is, law which dominates life itself even though it has not been written into the official law of the state.
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Introduction / Precolonial Legal Institutions and Traditions / Imposition of Foreign Law / The Nature of Foreign Law: Elements of Civil Law and Common Law; Legal Institutions; Critical Issues Associated with Foreign Law / Contemporary Criminal Justice Reforms: Illustrations of Innovations; Critical Issues Involved in Innovations / Summary and Conclusions / References
Date
1981-03
Publisher
Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
Type
Working Paper
Citation
Opolot, James S.E. (1981). "The Resilience of Indigenous Law in Alaska and the New States of Africa South of the Sahara". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Corrections, Tallahassee, Mar 1981.
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