The Customary Law of the Bakgalagari, Batswana, and Damara Communities of Namibia
Edited by Manfred Hinz
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Customary Law Ascertained Volume 2is the second of a three-volume series in which traditional authorities in Namibia state the customary laws of their communities.
Customary Law Ascertained Volume 2is the second of a three-volume series in which traditional authorities in Namibia state the customary laws of their communities.
The recognised traditional authorities in Namibia are expected to ascertain the customary law applicable in their respective communities and to note the most important aspects of the laws in written form. The Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development (now the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development), and the Council of Traditional Leaders therefore initiated the ascertainment of customary law. The ascertainment project is housed in the Human Rights and Documentation Centre of the University of Namibia. The former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Manfred O. Hinz, directed the project.
The Embassy of Finland to Namibia, and the Office for Development Cooperation of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany, provided the financial means for conducting the project.
Prof. Manfred O Hinz studied law and philosophy at the University of Mainz, Germany,
where he graduated in law. He took his legal practitioner examination in 1964, the
year in which he also obtained his PhD from the University of Mainz. After studying
anthropology, sociology and African and Oriental languages at the same University,
he became assistant lecturer, teaching anthropology and public law. In 1971, he was
appointed full professor at the University of Bremen.
In 1989, he went to Namibia where, after its independence, he assisted the Ministry of
Justice in its projects to restructure the traditional administration of justice and to make
an inventory of customary law. He was later seconded to the office of the first Vice-
Chancellor of the University of Namibia (UNAM) to help build the first institution for
legal education on Namibian soil: UNAM’S Faculty of Law. He joined the Faculty upon
its inception. He has served as Deputy Dean and Dean of the Faculty.
Prof. Hinz held the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO) Chair: Human Rights and Democracy in the Law Faculty’s Human Rights
and Documentation Centre from 2000 to 2009. In 2009, Prof. Hinz retired from his fulltime
position at the University of Namibia. In 2010 he returned to Germany, but remains
related to UNAM as research professor.
Prof. Hinz has published widely in his areas of specialisation, particularly in the fields
of legal and political anthropology and constitutional and international (economic) law.
