Editorial: Determining the Content of Indigenous Law with Special Reference to Recording of the Law - Continental Views
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https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2019/v22i0a7662Keywords:
recording, codification, customary lawAbstract
This special edition comprises a selection of contributions delivered at a conference hosted by the Chair in Customary Law, Indigenous Values and Human Rights at the University of Cape Town in collaboration with its research partner, the Research Chair on Legal Diversity and Indigenous Peoples at the University of Ottawa, on "The Recording of Customary Law in South Africa, Canada and New Caledonia" in May 2018.
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