Emile A. B. van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Netherlands
Title	Professor [Retired]
Affiliation	African Studies Centre=Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden, The Netherlands
Email	asc@ascleiden.nl
Mailing Address	Afrika-Studiecentrum PO Box 9555 2300 RB Leiden The Netherlands
Phone/Fax Number(s)	Phone: +31 (0)71 527 3372 -or- 3376
Websites	http://www.ascleiden.nl/
Research Interests	The African State and the Integration of (local) chiefs ; Interaction and interdependence between the modern African state and neo-traditional authority ; Constitutional development in West Africa after the 'one-party' period.
Publications	Sovereignty, legitimacy and power in West African societies. Perspectives from legal anthropology. M\|nster, LIT Verlag, 1998. E. Adriaan B. van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal and Rijk van Dijk (eds.) African Chieftaincy in a New Socio-Political Landscape. Hamburg: Lit Verlag, 1999.
Keywords	neo-traditional authority ; African state ; West Africa ; politics ; sovereignty ; legitimacy.