The Journal of Comparative Law

The Journal of Comparative Law (the JCL) is a scholarly resource for comparative legal studies in a broad sense of that term. It publishes material on all aspects of the field, in all types of legal traditions and in all geographical areas, be it theoretical, historical, modern, general, regional, or country-specific.

Analytical, rather than purely descriptive, work is encouraged. Contextual, theoretical, and interdisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome, as are analyses of the practical aspects of comparative legal studies in a globalized world.

 The JCL publishes a wide range of material. In addition to articles, notes, review articles, and book reviews, it also contains reports of cases, case-notes assessments, translations of documents (particularly those difficult to access and those in non-Western languages, or languages with relatively few speakers), annotated bibliographies and notes on recent material of interest.

The JCL is peer reviewed. It is published twice a year, in March and September.

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CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence should be sent to one or both of the Editors, William E. Butler at web15@psu.edu, Michael Palmer at mp@soas.ac.uk.

FOUNDERS

William E. Butler, Penn State Dickinson Law; University College, University of London (UCL) (Emeritus)

Nicholas H.D. Foster, formerly SOAS, University of London

Michael Palmer, SOAS, University of London (Emeritus); Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; Cheng Yu Tung Visiting Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong

HONORARY ADVISORS

William Twining, University College, University of London (UCL) (Emeritus)

Philip Wood, CBE, QC

EDITORS

William E. Butler, Penn State Dickinson Law; University College, University of London (UCL) (Emeritus)

Michael Palmer, SOAS, University of London (Emeritus); Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; Cheng Yu Tung Visiting Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong

EDITORIAL BOARD

William E. Butler, Penn State Dickinson Law; University College, University of London (UCL) (Emeritus)

Michele Graziadei, Università di Torino

Oleksiy Kresin, V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law, National Academy of Science of Ukraine

Maria Federica Moscati, University of Sussex

Michael Palmer, SOAS, University of London (Emeritus); Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; Cheng Yu Tung Visiting Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong

EDITORIAL COUNCIL

William Alford, Harvard University

Abdullahi An-Na’im, Emory University

William Ballantyne, Serle Court Chambers

Stathis Banakas, University of East Anglia

John Bell, University of Cambridge (Emeritus)

Albert Chen, University of Hong Kong

Donald Clarke, George Washington University

Alison Conner, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (Emerita)

Roger Cotterrell, Queen Mary University of London

Aleksei Egorov, Vitebsk State University

William Ewald, University of Pennsylvania

Fu Hualing, University of Hong Kong

Tania Groppi, Università degli Studi de Siena

Wael Hallaq, Columbia University

Yevhen Kharytonov, National University “Odessa Law Academy”

Pierre Legrand, L’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Peter Leyland, London Metropolitan University (Emeritus)

Dmytryi Lukianov, National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine

David Nelken, Università degli Studi di Macerata; University of Cardiff; King’s College London

Esin Örücü, University of Glasgow (Emerita); Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Emerita)

Akmal Saidov, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan

Geoffrey Samuel, University of Kent

Martin Shapiro, University of California Berkeley

Ann Stewart, University of Warwick

Brian Tamanaha, Washington University in St. Louis

Oleksandr Tykhomyrov, National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Chao Xi, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Maria Zakharova, Kutafin Moscow State Legal Academy

FORMER EDITORS

Nicholas H.D. Foster, formerly SOAS University of London, editor 2006–2007

Camilla Baasch Andersen, University of Western Australia, editor 2006-2007

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CONTENTS

VOLUME XVIII, ISSUE 1 (2023)

Special Part:
Marriage Law in Africa: Selected Systems
Edited by Prosper Batariwah & Ama F. Hammond

Introduction: The Plurality of Forms of Marriage in Africa
Hammond, Ama F.
Mensa-Bonsu, M.
Batariwah, P.

Ghana:
The Regulation of Islamic Marriage and Divorce in Ghana: Legislation and Policy Roots of Discrimination
Dowuona-Hammond, C.
Bamba, Abdul B. A.
Mahamah, M. A.

A Multi-Legal Perspective on Christian Marriages in Ghana
Hammond, Ama F.

Customary Marriage in Ghana
Mensa-Bonsu, M.

Nigeria:
Examining Statutory and Customary Marriage in Nigeria
Adegbite, F. R.

The Islamic Law Marriage Contract in Nigeria
Imam-Tamin, M. K.

Kenya:
Islamic Marriages in Kenya
Shilaho, C. V.

Islamic Marriages and Divorce in Kenya: Ethnocultural Diversity
Jadeed, Moza

My Marriage, My Choice: Kenya’s Plural Marriage Law
Mbogoh, A.

South Africa:
Analytical Overview of the Plurality of Marital Laws in South Africa
Mopai, Zama
Mokoena, U. C.

eSwatini:
The Marriage Law of eSwatini
Dlamini, D.

Côte d’ivoire:
Regard sur la conjugalité en droit Ivoirien
Kouassi, Alfred

ARTICLES
Legal Grafting of Hong Kong National Security Law: A Turn against “One Country, Two Systems”?
Li, Enshen

International Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Uzbekistan (Click Title for a Complimentary Sample Article)
Rakhimov, M.

REVIEW ARTICLES
Roger Bartlett, The Bentham Brothers and Russia (2022); Jane Henderson, The Constitution of the Russian Federation (2d ed.; 2022)
Butler, W. E.

Pierre Legrand, Negative Comparative Law (2022)
Fekete, B.

W. E. Butler and O. V. Kresin (eds.), Discovering the Unexpected: Comparative Legal Studies in Eastern and
Central Europe (2021)
Usenko, I. B.

F. Ahmed and G. Krayem, Understanding Sharia Processes (2021)
Athar, Syed

IN MEMORIAM
Vladimir Il’ich Lafitsky (1957–2023)
Butler, W. E.

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