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Decolonising african legal education: the role of comparative law and research
African legal education is experiencing a period of profound transformation. Reforms were initiated to transform universities curricula, introducing new subjects and teaching methodologies. Among the general call for reforms, may called for the “decolonisation” and “Africanisation” of the law programmes. Both law curricula and teaching methodology are still based on Western conceptions of law and legal professions, at the expenses of African legal traditions and they display ethnocentric methodological biases towards the study of African law. Against this background, the importance of comparative law and methodology in African legal education is debated by both Western and African scholars. After providing an introduction on the role of law and legal education in colonial and post-independence Africa, this article deals with comparative law and research in contemporary African university by mainly focusing on anglophone sub-Saharan and southern countries. Particular attention is devoted to the debate on the “Africanisation” of curricula and comparative law as a tool to disengage African legal education from the enduring colonial legacy.
La educación jurídica africana está experimentando un periodo de profunda transformación. Tanto los planes de estudio como la metodología de enseñanza jurídica siguen basándose en concepciones occidentales del Derecho, en detrimento de las tradiciones jurídicas africanas. En este contexto, la importancia del derecho y de la metodología comparados en la educación jurídica africana es objeto de debate tanto por parte de académicos occidentales como africanos. Después de un breve análisis sobre la formación jurídica y el papel del derecho en la época colonial y postcolonial en África, el artículo ofrece algunas reflexiones acerca de la enseñanza del derecho comparado en las universidades anglófonas del África subsahariana y austral en la época contemporánea. Además, el ensayo acabará evaluando el papel del derecho comparado como medio para descolonizar la enseñanza del derecho en África.
I. INTRODUCTION.
II. LAW AND LEGAL EDUCATION IN COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL AFRICA.
III. COMPARATIVE LAW AND RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LEGAL EDUCATION.
IV. THE “AFRICANISATION” OF LAW SCHOOLS AND THE ROLE OF COMPARATIVE LAW. - V. CONCLUSIONS.
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African legal education is experiencing a period of profound transformation. Reforms were initiated to transform universities curricula, introducing new subjects and teaching methodologies. Among the general call for reforms, may called for the “decolonisation” and “Africanisation” of the law programmes. Both law curricula and teaching methodology are still based on Western conceptions of law and legal professions, at the expenses of African legal traditions and they display ethnocentric methodological biases towards the study of African law. Against this background, the importance of comparative law and methodology in African legal education is debated by both Western and African scholars. After providing an introduction on the role of law and legal education in colonial and post-independence Africa, this article deals with comparative law and research in contemporary African university by mainly focusing on anglophone sub-Saharan and southern countries. Particular attention is devoted to the debate on the “Africanisation” of curricula and comparative law as a tool to disengage African legal education from the enduring colonial legacy.
La educación jurídica africana está experimentando un periodo de profunda transformación. Tanto los planes de estudio como la metodología de enseñanza jurídica siguen basándose en concepciones occidentales del Derecho, en detrimento de las tradiciones jurídicas africanas. En este contexto, la importancia del derecho y de la metodología comparados en la educación jurídica africana es objeto de debate tanto por parte de académicos occidentales como africanos. Después de un breve análisis sobre la formación jurídica y el papel del derecho en la época colonial y postcolonial en África, el artículo ofrece algunas reflexiones acerca de la enseñanza del derecho comparado en las universidades anglófonas del África subsahariana y austral en la época contemporánea. Además, el ensayo acabará evaluando el papel del derecho comparado como medio para descolonizar la enseñanza del derecho en África.
I. INTRODUCTION.
II. LAW AND LEGAL EDUCATION IN COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL AFRICA.
III. COMPARATIVE LAW AND RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LEGAL EDUCATION.
IV. THE “AFRICANISATION” OF LAW SCHOOLS AND THE ROLE OF COMPARATIVE LAW. - V. CONCLUSIONS.
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