The dynamics of power and the rule of law : essays on Africa and beyond, in honour of Emile Adriaan B. van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal

This collection of essays is a Festschrift honouring Emile Adriaan B. van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal on the occasion of his retirement from academic life. In the study of the role of African traditional leaders, the work of van Rouveroy has made a major impact from the 1980s onwards. Drawing upon this inspiration, this collection presents nine case studies of the dynamics of African traditional leadership and its sociopolitical setting: Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon (two chapters), Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, and South Africa. The volume further includes a chapter on changing livelihoods in northern Togo, two chapters on legal pluralism, a chapter on Spittler's theory of dispute settlement, and a bibliography of the writings of Emile van Rouveroy. The introduction examines van Rouveroy's career as a legal anthropologist against the background of major trends in African Studies, and the relation between chiefs and the postcolonial State. Contributors: Nicodemus F. Awasom, Catherine Baroin, Leo de Haan, Piet Konings, Insa Nolte, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Barbara M. Oomen, Riekje Pelgrim, Peter Skalnik, Wim van Binsbergen, Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann, Trutz von Trotha. [ASC Leiden abstract]