Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal

Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal (Emile Adriaan Benvenuto van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal, Eindhoven, July 1, 1939) is a Dutch constitutional lawyer, legal anthropologist, Africanist, former professor and documentary maker.[1][2]

Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
Born1 July 1939 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationFilm director, university teacher, anthropologist, Africanist Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
Spouse(s)Els A. Baerends Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2015) Edit this on Wikidata

Career

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Van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal started as a researcher in folk law at the Africa Study Center in Leiden from 1967. In 1976, he received his doctorate from Leiden University with a thesis entitled Woman, monarch and justice of the peace: aspects of matrimonial law, traditional and modern folk law among the Anufòm in northern Togo (English translation of the original title in Dutch).[3] From 1983 to 1988, he taught Constitutional History and Constitutional Law of Africa. In 1988, he was reappointed as Extraordinary Professor of Law because of the Leiden University Fund. He held this chair until 1993.

Documentalist

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Van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal made many documentaries on various subjects, including customary law in Togo, Staphorst, and the war history of his family.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Hoogleraren · Leidse hoogleraren vanaf 1575". hoogleraren.universiteitleiden.nl. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ "Personen in de Nederlandse filmsector". Nederlands Film Festival (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  3. ^ Rouveroy van Nieuwaal, Emile Adriaan Benvenuto (1976). Vrouw, vorst en vrederechter : aspekten van het huwelijksrecht, de traditionele en moderne volksrechtspraak bij de Anufòm in Noord-Togo. Research report ; 3. Leiden: African Studies Centre.
  4. ^ "Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal in Hoogtij". www.rtvoost.nl (in Dutch). 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  5. ^ "Filmmaker Emile is schaamte en stilte voorbij". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2023-10-28.