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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

The Commission’s investigation on the harmonisation of the common law and the indigenous law emphasizes the need to address the pressing problems relating to the application of customary law and the conflict of personal laws.

At its meeting of 23 and 24 February 1996 the new Commission approved the reconstitution of the Project Committee and the ranking proposed by the outgoing committee which had identified the application of customary law and the conflict of personal laws as a priority area.

The matter was subsequently referred to the newly-formed Project Committee on the Harmonisation of the Common Law and the Indigenous Law.