2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

AFR 220 Law and Justice in Africa

3 hours 

Examination of the philosophical base of African customary law. Traditional theories of crime prevention, punishment, and the dispensation of justice in selected pre-colonial African societies. The enforcement of laws by the traditional community and traditional courts, and community involvement in the prevention of crime. African laws under colonialism and in contemporary independent nations.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101