The laws of the Somalis
Subtitle: a stable foundation for economic development in the Horn of Africa
By: Michael van Notten ; edited by Spencer Heath MacCallum.
Contributors: MacCallum, Spencer Heath.
Publisher: Red Sea Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Customary law -- Somalia; Law reform -- Somalia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Methodology and terminology; title: The Somali mind set; title: The Somali system of law; title: Rules of conduct; title: Rendering justice; title: Contacts with foreign law; title: Economics; title: Politics; title: Strengths and weaknesses of the law; title: Directions for growth in the law; title: Dangers; title: Summary and conclusion; title: Prospects; title: The Freeport-Clan.