Legal Acculturation in the Field of Literary and Artistic Property in Africa: Outline of an Analysis of Legal Anthropology and Comparative law

Abstract

Comparative intellectual property law distinguishes between two systems of protection. On the one hand, the �Copyright� system, and on the other, the �Droit d'auteur� system. Through a process of legal acculturation, the opposition between these two systems has been transposed to Africa, despite similar cultures and socio-economic conditions. This opposition is tending to become less pronounced, but closer resemblances are worth considering.