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dc.contributor.authorOpolot, James S. E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-11T00:34:27Z
dc.date.available2019-12-11T00:34:27Z
dc.date.issued1981-03
dc.identifier.citationOpolot, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.otherJC 8018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/10703
dc.description.abstractComparative 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.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction / 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 / Referencesen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJustice Center, University of Alaska Anchorageen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectAlaska Nativesen_US
dc.subjectbush justiceen_US
dc.subjectcolonialismen_US
dc.subjectjustice administrationen_US
dc.subjectrural justiceen_US
dc.subjecttraditional law waysen_US
dc.titleThe Resilience of Indigenous Law in Alaska and the New States of Africa South of the Saharaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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