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The rule of law and African game – a review of some recent trends and concerns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Clive Spinage
Clive Spinage
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Wickwood House, Stanford Road, Faringdon, Oxon SN7 8EZ, UK.
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Abstract

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Increasing denouncement of African game legislation as inappropriate law imposed by the former colonial authorities is viewed with concern and condemned as mistaken. The necessity for the rule of law is argued and the good intent behind the institution of game laws. Abrogation of such laws will not lead to a lessening of the increasing destruction of African wildlife. The author was consultant to the Government of Botswana for the drafting of its new Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act, 1992.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 178 - 186
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1996

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