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Title:African customary law in the former Portugese Territories, 1954-1974
Author:Coissoro, Narana
Year:1984
Periodical:Journal of African Law
Volume:28
Issue:1-2
Pages:72-79
Language:English
Geographic term:Portuguese-speaking Africa
Subject:customary law
Abstract:Throughout all portuguese colonial history in the African continent, the question of recognizing customary law could never be separated from the constitutional law applicable to the aboriginal inhabitants who follow it in their daily lives. That is the reason why accepting the principle according to which the everyday life relations of Africa could be controlled by specific juridical rules distinct from Portuguese 'common law' was always connected with the private and territorial validity of the individual rights and guarantees included in the constitutional texts concerning Africans. The author points out the role of the colonial legislator, the missionary, the municipal judge and the African advisers, in the declaration, change, suppression, and reformulation of customary law during the period 1954-1974. Notes, ref.
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