1st Edition
Customary Law in the Modern World The Crossfire of Sudan's War of Identities
By Francis Deng
Copyright 2010
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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Customary Law in the Modern World is the study of a coherent and well-established legal system, which is now operating in the context of a modern nation-state and therefore poised between remaining relevant and the threat of marginalization.
Focusing on Sudan, the author places customary law in its historical and cultural context, analyzing the fundamental and traditional values that... Read more
Part I: Customary Law in Context 1. Introduction 2. Historical background: Law, war and identity 3. Customary law in its cultural context 4. Customary law and legal pluralism 5. Customary law, war and social transformation 6. The challenges of reform Part II: Substansive Examples of Customary Law 7. Introduction 8. Family law 9. Law of defamation 10. Law of property 11. Homicide and bodily injuries Part III: Voices for Customary Law 12. Introduction 13. Dr Peter Nyot Kok 14. Paul Myem Akec and John Luk 15. Attorney General Michael Makuei 16. Deputy Chief Justice, Bullen Pancol Awal 17. Tilar Deng 18. A group of Southern Sudanese judges and lawyers 19. Ambrose Riiny Thiik and Chan Reec Madut 20. Ali Osman Yassin 21. Dr Amin Mekki Medani and Omar El Farouk Shoumena
Biography
Francis M. Deng is the UN secretary-general’s special adviser on the prevention of genocide. He served as Sudan’s minister for state foreign affairs and Ambassador to the United States, Nordic countries and Canada. He holds a doctorate from Yale Law School and is the author or editor of more than thirty books.
