Volume 7 Issue 1 November 2020
Custom, Culture and Law in Colonial, Anti-Colonial and Postcolonial TimesNAMRAH KHAN
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Colonialism constructed legal identities and subjects, many of which found their way into post-independence constitutional frameworks. The treatment of customary social practices and their codification into legal frameworks was part of the process of constructing legal identities. Drawing on the South African constitutional experience, this article examines how this process has led to the legacy of colonisation continuing and to the empowerment of elites in postcolonial society.
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