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Fondamentalement évolutives, essentiellement intégratives, les coutumes ont été, du fait de la colonisation, confinées dans des territoires ethniques sous l'autorité d'un pouvoir dit coutumier, souvent héréditaire, aujourd'hui sclérosé. Comment ne pas remarquer que ces coutumes, prises au piège des conflits et tiraillements des autorités étatiques, imprègnent cependant la vie politique, religieuse et économique en Afrique subsaharienne ? L'auteur tente d'apporter un éclairage nouveau sur la possibilité qu'ont les coutumes de ressouder la chaîne de solidarité rompue, entre gouvernés et gouvernants, par l'institution sinon l'intrusion d'un droit dont les repères sont difficilement saisissables par la majorité. S'observent alors un sentiment diffus d'injustice, dont les principaux instigateurs sont les chefs coutumiers, ainsi qu'un regain de vitalité des droits coutumiers et traditionnels africains dans les agglomérations urbaines, en raison de l'incapacité du droit dit moderne de résoudre des litiges sans blesser l'une des parties. Ceci ne signifie nullement que le pouvoir coutumier serait devenu la machine à remonter le temps pour remettre l'Afrique subsaharienne sur orbite. Entre l'oubli et la dénégation du pouvoir coutumier de plus en plus cachectique, l'évidence demeure l'enracinement des droits coutumiers qui, par moments, asphyxient le droit d'origine occidentale. L'inventaire et l'approfondissement des droits coutumiers et traditionnels africains s'imposent pour insuffler de la cohérence aux gouvernabilité et gouvernante africaines.

Sociology of law --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- Customary law --- Droit coutumier --- History --- Histoire --- Inheritance and succession --- Congo (Democratic Republic) --- Africa --- History. --- Customary law - Africa --- Inheritance and succession - Africa --- Afrique --- Congo (République démocratique)

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Law --- anno 2000-2099 --- Africa --- Customary law --- Conflict of laws --- History --- Recht ; Afrika --- Recht ; Afrika. --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Choice of law --- Intermunicipal law --- International law, Private --- International private law --- Private international law --- Legal polycentricity --- Civil law --- Law - Africa - History - 21st century --- Customary law - Africa --- Conflict of laws - Africa

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This volume presents a wide selection of studies on the issues of law, land dispute and conflict (mediation) in Africa, reconsidering the role of state agents and other actors in these matters. The focus is on analyzing how citizens, state institutions and concerned (inter)national actors aim to find solutions to disputes, tension and conflict that are part of social life. The authors have approached the subject of Land, Law and Politics in Africa from a variety of disciplinary angles. The issues at stake comprise land access and land use, state politics and democratization efforts, the relationship between constitutional/state law and customary law, the challenges of urban and rural conflicts, border issues and the conceptions of (human) rights. On the basis of new empirical studies, the authors plead for a more holistic perspective on the above issues and on developmental policy in general. The book has 15 chapters in four thematic parts, focusing on historical and cultural aspects of politics and authority; land law and land disputes; constitutionalism and politics; and conflict studies. The volume is also a tribute to the work of Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009), a Dutch Africanist with a successful career as a scholar of constitutional and land law, focusing on West Africa.

Customary law -- Africa. --- Economic development -- Africa. --- Land tenure -- Africa. --- Land use, Rural -- Government policy -- Africa. --- Law -- Africa. --- Land tenure --- Land use, Rural --- Law --- Customary law --- Economic development --- Conflict management --- Business & Economics --- Real Estate, Housing & Land Use --- Government policy --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Rural land use --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Land use --- Agriculture --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- E-books