The London Conference on the Future of Law in Africa

Extract

A very successful symposium was organized by the Afrika-Institut, Leiden, in 1955 on the theme of “The future of customary law in Africa.” Unfortunately this symposium had a restricted membership and there was not sufficient time to consider all the very fundamental problems that are raised by this subject today. The British territories in Africa have also held two professional the conferences on native courts and native customary law, both under the chairmanship of Sir Kenneth Roberts-Wray, Legal Adviser to the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office. These “Judicial Advisers' Conferences,” as they were termed, were held Kampala, Uganda, in 1955, and at Jos, Nigeria, in 1956; the reports of their proceedings have been published as supplements to the Journal of African Administration.