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From Customary Law to Popular Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Boaventura de Sousa Santos
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Extract

The Portuguese-speaking countries represent rather varied socio-political realities and are going through very different internal developments. They share, however, some fundamental similarities within the contemporary African context. I will distinguish two characteristics of particular significance for the topic I propose to treat here.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of African Law , Volume 28 , Issue 1-2: The Construction and Transformation of African Customary Law , Spring 1984 , pp. 90 - 98
Copyright
Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1984

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References

1 “The Law of the Oppressed: The Construction and Reproduction of Legality in Pasargada”, (1977) 12 Law and Society Review, 5Google Scholar.