Review Of: Matilda Twomey, Legal Métissage in a Micro-Jurisdiction: The Mixing of Common Law and Civil Law in Seychelles (Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific, Collection Ex Professo, Volume VI, 2017)
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2 Pages Posted: 1 Aug 2018 Last revised: 12 Nov 2018
Date Written: 2018
Abstract
Legal métissage is an interesting and much needed contribution to the sparse legal scholarship of Seychelles. It is a book with many intertwining narrative levels. Mathilda Twomey opts for a ‘legal tradition approach’ to her analysis. In so doing, she provides a biography of a young small island state and the ongoing evolution of its legal system. The book offers a richly detailed yet critical historical account, starting from the first settlements in the 1700s all the way to modern times, in an effort to draw a picture beyond the dry black letter of the legal system. In doing so, Twomey conveys the deep roots of a sui generis, legal (and national) culture.
Keywords: mixed jurisdiction, common law, civil law, Seychelles
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