The Future of Customary Law in Ghana

2012 ◽  
pp. 202-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph B. Akamba ◽  
Isidore Kwadwo Tufuor
Keyword(s):  
Customary Law ◽  
The Future

Some Reflections on the Future of International Humanitarian Law

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (238) ◽  
pp. 18-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Gasser
Keyword(s):  
Customary Law ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Future ◽  
War Victims ◽  
Political Negotiation ◽  
Substantial Extent ◽  
Written Sources

The four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the protection of war victims and the two 1977 Additional Protocols are the written sources of modern international humanitarian law. This monumental work of some 600 articles represents an impressive investment of intellect, arduous political negotiation, financial resources and goodwill. Modern written international humanitarian law is the result of one of the greatest efforts of successive legal codifications we know of. And, of course, customary law supplements the written rules to a substantial extent.

scholarly journals Questioning the Customary Inheritance Law After Law No. 3 of 2006 about Religious Jurisdiction

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-122
Author(s):  
Yuli Prasetyo Adhi ◽  
Triyono Triyono ◽  
Muhyidin Muhyidin
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
District Court ◽  
Legal Action ◽  
Inheritance Law ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Future ◽  
Narrow Space ◽  
Legal Product ◽  
Inheritance Laws

Customary inheritance dispute might occur when the heirs cannot reach agreement between divisions of property or during inheritance law point which will be used. Indonesia acknowledges 3 existing inheritance laws which are western civil inheritance law, Moslem’s inheritance law, and customary inheritance law. Legal action of inheritance law is usually resolved by deliberation but if there is no agreement reached between these processes, therefore court mechanism can be used to make law suit and dispute resolution. UU No 3 of 2006 about religious jurisdiction is a legal product that is issued to provide improvement (Amendment) against UU No 7 of 1989 about religious jurisdiction. UU No 3 of 2006 is giving significant impact against the existence of custom inheritance law in Indonesia. Before this constitution is created, religious jurisdiction can accept customary inheritance disputes for Moslem people according to the criteria which have been stated in UU No 7 of 1989. Since UU No 3 of 2006 is created, therefore customary inheritance law, even though the heirs are Moslem, must follow the district court mechanism. This will provide increasingly narrow space for the existence of customary law in the future. This program is held in Pati, Central Java, where custom inheritance law still exists and is being used in Pati community. Dissemination and harmonization regarding customary law is important to maintain sustainability and existence of customary law in Indonesia.

Native Tribunals In The Gold Coast 1844—1927

1957 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Allott
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
English Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Local Courts

Throughout British Africa today the future of the native courts (otherwise called African, customary, or local courts) is in the melting-pot, and is the subject of much discussion and deep concern. Considerable legislative and administrative changes affecting these courts are already being made, especially in West Africa. What are to be the relations between the superior courts of a territory, predominantly administering English law, and the native courts whose primary law remains African customary law? How are the law, practice and procedure followed by native courts to be moulded and modified to adapt them to the conditions of today and tomorrow? In the study of these important questions a backward glance at history does not come amiss, and may indeed help to illumine the problems of the present.

scholarly journals The Future of African Customary Law by Fenrich J, Galizzi P and Higgins TE (eds)

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 632
Author(s):  
Najma Moosa
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
The Future

This book is very timely and succeeds admirably in its aim to be a valuable contribution to and lens through which to view African customary law. The authors of the various chapters, and especially the editors, are to be commended for compiling an academic work that will serve as an overdue and essential text for graduate and post-graduate students, lecturers and persons generally interested in understanding African customary law. Indeed, it encourages the offering of an advanced course in comparative African law and is comprehensive enough to serve as a primary handbook for such a course.

Freedom, creativity and the future of cities

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-72
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Melián ◽  
Gabriel Calzada Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Spontaneous Order ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Human Creativity ◽  
The Future

What will the cities of the future be like? This is a question that does not have an unequivocal response. The cities of the future will be developed by people who have not been born yet or who are not devoted to shaping urban planning policy and markets. Furthermore, these cities have not yet been created and will be created thanks to a knowledge that does not yet exist today. All we can do is try to draw along the general (alternative) guidelines according to which those future cities might be constructed and the consequences of every alternative. This work tries to analyze the main problems caused by today’s urban planning models and its results. Later we will try to explain the different general policy frameworks used to develop urban areas. Finally, we will offer a figure of the type of urban development and the economic consequences of every alternative. In this final step the author will analyze the scope that is granted to human creativity and social cooperation in each case. Key words: City, knowledge, creativity, entrepreneurship, prices, economic calculation, speculation, corruption, cartesian order, spontaneous order, developed or contractual law, customary law and urban planning. JEL Classification: R00, R40, R48, R50, R52, R58, K11, K12, K32. Resumen: ¿Cómo serán las ciudades del futuro? Esta es una pregunta que no tiene una respuesta inequívoca. Las ciudades del futuro serán desarrollados por personas que no han nacido aún o que no se dedican a la elaboración de las políticas de planificación urbana. Además, estas ciudades todavía no se han creado y se crearán gracias a un conocimiento que no existe aún hoy en día. Todo lo que podemos hacer es tratar de esbozar diferentes alternativas para la creación de las ciudades del futuro y las consecuencias de cada alternativa. Este trabajo pretende analizar los principales problemas causados por los modelos actuales de planificación urbana y sus resultados. Además vamos a tratar de explicar los diferentes marcos de política general utilizados para las espacios urbanos. Por último, se ofrecerán dos posibilidades de planeamiento urbano y las consecuencias económicas de cada alternativa. En esta parte final el autor analiza el alcance que se otorga a la creatividad humana y la cooperación social en cada caso. Palabras clave: Ciudad, Conocimiento,  creatividad, Función Empresarial, Precios, Cálculo Económico, Especulación, Corrupción, Orden Cartesiano, Orden Espontáneo, Leyes Contractuales o desarrolladas, Ley Consuetudinaria y Planeamiento Urbano. Clasificación JEL: R00, R40, R48, R50, R52, R58, K11, K12, K32.

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