[PDF] An Introduction To African Legal Philosophy eBook

Author : John Murungi
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0739174673

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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.

Author : John Murungi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 1000762548

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This book is a philosophical inquiry into indigenous African legal ethics, asking what is African about African legal ethics? Taking us beyond a geographical understanding of Africa, the author argues for an African legal ethics that is distinct from non-African African legal ethics which are rooted in Euro-Western constructions. De-silencing African voices on African legal ethics this book decolonizes the prevailing wisdom on legal ethics and broadens our understanding of how law in Africa bears on ethics in Africa or, conversely, on how ethics bears on law in Africa. This book will be of interest to scholars of African philosophy, philosophy of law, and legal ethics.

Author : Oche Onazi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9400775377

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The book is a collection of essays, which aim to situate African legal theory in the context of the myriad of contemporary global challenges; from the prevalence of war to the misery of poverty and disease to the crises of the environment. Apart from being problems that have an indelible African mark on them, a common theme that runs throughout the essays in this book is that African legal theory has been excluded, under-explored or under-theorised in the search for solutions to such contemporary problems. The essays make a modest attempt to reverse this trend. The contributors investigate and introduce readers to the key issues, questions, concepts, impulses and problems that underpin the idea of African legal theory. They outline the potential offered by African legal theory and open up its key concepts and impulses for critical scrutiny. This is done in order to develop a better understanding of the extent to which African legal theory can contribute to discourses seeking to address some of the challenges that confront African and non-African societies alike.

Author : Charles Mwalimu
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Christianity and law
ISBN : 9781433108488

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v. 1 Dynamic jurisprudential thought --

Author : Lewis R. Gordon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 29,16 MB
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521675468

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In this undergraduate textbook Lewis R. Gordon offers the first comprehensive treatment of Africana philosophy, beginning with the emergence of an Africana (i.e. African diasporic) consciousness in the Afro-Arabic world of the Middle Ages. He argues that much of modern thought emerged out of early conflicts between Islam and Christianity that culminated in the expulsion of the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula, and from the subsequent expansion of racism, enslavement, and colonialism which in their turn stimulated reflections on reason, liberation, and the meaning of being human. His book takes the student reader on a journey from Africa through Europe, North and South America, the Caribbean, and back to Africa, as he explores the challenges posed to our understanding of knowledge and freedom today, and the response to them which can be found within Africana philosophy.

Author : Abou Jeng
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1107015219

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An extensive analysis of the norms and legal institutions of the African Union and their relevance to Africa's quest for peace.

Author : Richard A. Wright
Publisher : Lanham : University Press of America
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :

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The aim of the book is thus to present, substantively, significant writing on African Philosophy, in a form which will be useful both in the classroom and in the library of those interested in Africa.