ABSTRACT
This article describes and analyzes a written customary law drawn up in Tanzania by the Rwa of Mount Meru. The contemporariness and flexibility of this law are highlighted, as is the way it combines tradition and modernity. It reflects the dynamics of social change while also influencing them. Moreover, it operates in close connection with Tanzanian national law, even though the two operate on diametrically opposite foundations. In conclusion, I will consider the extent to which some of this law’s expressly formulated or implicit characteristics can be generalized.
