论加纳法文化的历史变迁

加纳是黑非洲的一个古国,有悠久的习惯法文化,特别是阿散蒂人在近代历史上又曾建立过强大的王国,法人类学家和文化史学家因此高度重视阿散蒂传统社会与法律的研究。殖民时期加纳本土法与外来的西方法之间关系错综复杂,独立后的加纳继承了宗主国英国的法律遗产,重视发掘固有习惯法的价值,其现代化历程可谓曲折发展。对加纳法文化的演进,特别是对殖民时期的加纳本土法与英国法的错综复杂的关系进行个案研究是进一步了解非洲国家法律文化历史变迁的一个极好范例。

On Historical Transition of the Law Culture of Ghana

Ghana is an ancient country in sub-Sahara with old history of customary law culture,Ashanti once set up a very strong kingdom in modern history,therefore legal anthropologists and cultural historians pay great attention to the study of the traditional society and law of Ashanti.In colonial time the relationship between indigenous law of Ghana and exotic western law was complex,after independence Ghana inherited the legal heritage of the Protectorate British and stressed on excavating the value of indigenous law,so the process of legal modernization is tortuous.The study of the development of legal culture of Ghana,and especially the research of the complex relationship between indigenous law of Ghana and British law in colonial time from the perspective of case law is one of the best samples to understand the historical transition of legal culture of African countries in further step.