Africa Group
FRAMING HYBRID LEGAL ORDERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: STATE RECOGNITION OF CUSTOMARY LAW IN BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ZAMBIA
The studies included in this project revisit the current state of the recognition of customary law in the Southern Africa region through an analysis of the regulation of some key sensitive domains such as, cultural practices, family law and land tenure in South Africa, Botswana and Zambia. The aims of the research are to explore the parameters of recognition of customary law in the countries of study and the relationship between state law and indigenous law (customary law) in some specific domains such as contraction and dissolution of marriages, succession, stigmatized cultural practices and customary land tenure.
MANAGEMENT OF LEGAL PLURALISM AND PACIFICATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS IN AFRICA
This sub-project, managed by the University Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV, the Research Centre GRECCAP, its components CERCCLE and CERDRADI, combines researches related to property system and the crisis management in various countries in Africa in order to establish an overview of the competitive situations of standards, identify how national authorities representing the state legitimacy, manage this legal pluralism and to evaluate the methods of management of the diversity of rights in the situations studied.
