THE LAW OF THE SOMALIS: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa
THE LAW OF THE SOMALIS: A Stable Foundation for Economic Development in the Horn of Africa
by Michael van Notten, Edited by Spencer Heath MacCallum
Somali politics is based on consensus. The author explains how it works and shows why any attempt to establish democracy, which would divide the population into two classes-those who rule and those who are ruled-must inevitably produce chaos.
Viewed in global perspective, Somali law stands with the Latin and Medieval laws and the English common law against the statutory law that became prominent in Europe with the modern nation-state. This book explains many seeming anomalies about present-day Somalia and describes its prospects as well as the dangers facing it.
(Subjects: Somalia; customary law; legislation; criminal law; torts; delicts)
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