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| Title: | African jurisprudence and the politics of social history: an inquiry into the dilemma of canonisation |
| Author: | Idowu, William |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Periodical: | Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development (ISSN 0255-6472) |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 1-27 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic term: | Africa |
| Subjects: | jurisprudence philosophy of law law philosophy social history |
| Abstract: | Why are African authors peculiarly absent in popular literature on the subject matter of law? The present author offers a philosophical inquiry into why African thoughts on the nature, functions, scope and limits of law have not been canonized in philosophical reflections on law in particular and jurisprudence in general. He discusses the subject matter of jurisprudence, jurisprudence and the concept of canon formation, the subject matter of African jurisprudence, and Eurocentric canonization. The task for African legal philosophers is to challenge the entire process of canonization such that the distinctive African contribution to the realm of jurisprudence can emerge. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |