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An Introduction to African Legal Philosophy (Hardcover)
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An Introduction to African Legal Philosophy (Hardcover)
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A book on legal philosophy, necessarily, focuses attention on law.
In addition to this focus, An Introduction to an African Legal
Philosophy focuses attention on philosophy. The link between law
and philosophy is brought into relief, which is done through an
African context. An attempt is made to spell out what is African
about legal philosophy without being cut off of African legal
philosophy from non-African legal philosophy. The book draws
attention to the view that a basic component of African legal
philosophy consists of an investigation of what it is to be an
African, and because an African is a human being among other human
beings, the investigation is about what it is to be a human being.
Ubuntuism is an African-derived word that captures this mode of
being human. Moreover, because human beings are cultural beings,
African cultural context guides the investigation. Inescapably, it
is claimed that, every legal philosophy is embedded in a culture.
African legal philosophy is not an exception. It is deeply rooted
in African culture -a culture that is today shaped, in part, by a
European colonialist culture. One feature that will strike one as
one reads the book is that the book approaches African legal
philosophy as a means of decolonization of African culture. African
legal philosophy can accomplish this intelligently and effectively
if it is itself decolonized. In doing this it contrasts sharply
with mainstream Western legal philosophy.
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