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• Pt. I. Conceptualising indigenous land rights in an African context: I. The term "indigenous" - an evolving concept ; II. Relevance and applicability of the concept "indigenous" in an African context ; III. The lands of indigenous peoples: importance and justification ; IV. Indigenous peoples' land dispossession: causes and reactions
• Pt. II. The judiciary and indigenous peoples' land rights: V. Indigenous peoples land claims in Kenya ; VI. Indigenous peoples' land claims in Tanzania ; VII. Indigenous peoples land claims in Southern Africa
• Pt. III. Indigenous peoples' land rights in an international and African perspective: VIII. Characteristics and foundation of indigenous peoples' land rights ; IX. Constitutional recognition and states' practice regarding indigenous peoples' rights ; X. Main U.N. instruments and mechanisms relevant for indigenous land rights ; XI. Other relevant global and regional instruments ; XII. General conclusions and recommendations.

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 The Social Contract - the Foundation of Yoruba Society
• Chapter 2 The Concept of Law in Yoruba Society
• Chapter 3 The Rule of Law in Yoruba Society
• Chapter 4 Aspects of Legal Education in Yoruba Society
• Chapter 5 Parallel Epistemologies, Parallel Justice Systems in Yorubaland
• Chapter 6 Human Rights in Yoruba Society
• Chapter 7 Religion, Authority, Law and Order in Yoruba Society
• Chapter 8 Social Ethics and Value in Africa
• Chapter 9 Law, Order, Esu and Liminality in Yoruba Society
• Chapter 10 Culture, Property Rights and Risk Management in Africa Conclusion.
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In The Rule of Law and Governance in Indigenous Yoruba Society, John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji has two main goals. The first is to provide an exploration of aspects of indigenous Yoruba philosophy of law. The second is to relate this philosophy of law to the Yoruba indigenous traditions of governance, with a view to appreciating the relevance of the Yoruba traditions of law and governance to contemporary African experiments with imported Western democracy in the 21st century. This book is devoted to what can be described as a juridical forensic investigation of Nigeria's predicament of developmental deficit, leading to gross and unconscionable impoverishment of large segments of the population, in the midst of so much natural resources and abundant human capital, using Yoruba indigenous legal traditions as reflective template. Bewaji urges that Africa has to take seriously the necessity of obedience, observance, enforcement and operation of law as no respecter of persons, groups, affiliations and pedigrees as was in the case in the societies founded by our ancestors, rather than the present scenario whereby the highest bidder procures semblances of justice from a crooked system of common law which was never designed to be fair, equitable and just to the disadvantaged in society.
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• The social contract, democracy, law and order in Africa
• The concept of law in an indigenous African (Yoruba) society
• The rule of law, leadership and development
• Aspects of legal education and sociopolitical order in indigenous Yoruba society
• Parallel epistemologies, parallel justice systems
• Human rights and law in indigenous and contemporary Africa
• Traditional religion, constituted authority, law and order
• Social ethics, law and development
• Law, order, Èşù and liminality in the Yoruba legal system
• Culture, property rights and risk management in African development.

In The Rule of Law and Governance in Indigenous Yoruba Society, John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji has two main goals. The first is to provide an exploration of aspects of indigenous Yoruba philosophy of law. The second is to relate this philosophy of law to the Yoruba indigenous traditions of governance, with a view to appreciating the relevance of the Yoruba traditions of law and governance to contemporary African experiments with imported Western democracy in the 21st century. This book is devoted to what can be described as a juridical forensic investigation of Nigeria's predicament of developmental deficit, leading to gross and unconscionable impoverishment of large segments of the population, in the midst of so much natural resources and abundant human capital, using Yoruba indigenous legal traditions as reflective template. Bewaji urges that Africa has to take seriously the necessity of obedience, observance, enforcement and operation of law as no respecter of persons, groups, affiliations and pedigrees as was in the case in the societies founded by our ancestors, rather than the present scenario whereby the highest bidder procures semblances of justice from a crooked system of common law which was never designed to be fair, equitable and just to the disadvantaged in society.
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• 1. Du serment des chasseurs à l'abolition de l'esclavage (1212-1222)

First published in 1945, this study covers a wide range of topics including marriage, divorce, bride-price, inheritance, property, personal status and contracts as well as some notes on the customary courts and the way they functioned during the period of British administration.
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• Les mécanismes juridiques de régulation de la vie en société. En matière civile
• En matière pénale
• En matière foncière
• En matière des droits de l'homme
• En matière de coopération internationale et d'intégration africaine. Les mécanismes sociaux de régulation de la vie en société. L'organisation socioculturelle de la société mandingue
• L'organisation politico-administrative de la société mandingue
• L'évolution sociale de l'individu
• La notion du temps.