15:30 - 17:00
The Quest for Legitimacy: Customary Law as ‘Living Law’
Room: Aston Webb – Senate Chamber
Stream: Political Legitimacy and 'Customary' Rule in Local African Contexts
Chair/s:
Inge Brinkman
15:30 - 15:45
Th-A35 Political Legitimacy and Local African Contexts 4-P-001
Heritage as Living Law: The Return to Te-Kwaro (Tradition) among the Acholi after the Civil War in Northern Uganda
Betty Okot
Keele University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, Luigi Giussani Institute of Higher Education, Kampala, Uganda
15:45 - 16:00
Th-A35 Political Legitimacy and Local African Contexts 4-P-002
A Case of Inheritance: From Citizens’ Forum to Magisterial Justice in Botswana’s Customary Courts
Pnina Werbner1, Richard Werbner2
1Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, 2University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
16:00 - 16:15
Th-A35 Political Legitimacy and Local African Contexts 4-P-003
Breaking the Yard​: A Filmed Case of Adultery, Moremi Court, Botswana
Richard Werbner
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
16:15 - 16:30
Th-A35 Political Legitimacy and Local African Contexts 4-P-004
Palavers And Rituals For Conflict Resolution In Bas-Congo (DRC)
Sophie Kotanyi
Freie Universität Berlin ‎, Berlin, Germany