Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal

Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
Born	1 July 1939
Occupation	University teacher
Employer	Leiden University (1983–)
Awards	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau (2015)

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.

Career

Legal anthropologist

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). 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

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

• Bonnet rouge, où vas-tu?
  (2000)
  A film on the socio-political role of the traditional leaders of the Mossi in Burkina Faso.
• J'y crois
  (2003)
  A political documentary investigating the decentralization process in Mali.
• Democratisch avontuur in Togo
  (1992, only in Dutch)