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The Recording of Customary Law in France during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and the Recording of African Customary Laws1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

J. Vanderlinden
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Dans le cadre d'une étude comparative des différentes rédactions de droits coutumiers, et en vue d'apporter ainsi une contribution à l'étude des problèmes posés par la rédaction des droits coutumiers africains, ce brefessai est consacré à la rédaction des coutumes en France aux XVème et XVIème siècles.

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Journal of African Law , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1959 , pp. 165 - 175
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1959

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3 Another stimulating comparison could be made with the recording of customs in the Low Countries from 1531 onwards. I hope one day to be able to make a similar study of this.

page 167 note 1 In order to ascertain a definite point of customary law a meeting of “experts” was called before the court. The group of experts was la turbe, and its members les turbiers.

page 174 note 1 This Summary in French is appended for the benefit of French-speaking readers of this Journal.—Editor.