The Nigerian Legal SystemVolume 1 on public law provides an introduction to the Nigerian legal system. The various chapters deal with: introduction and sources of law; jurisprudence and Nigerian perspectives; African customary law; Islamic law; comparative constitutionalism and Nigerian perspectives; citizenship, immigration and administrative law; judicial system and legal profession; criminal law, evidence and civil procedure; statutory marriage and divorce laws; customary marriage and divorce; marriage and divorce under Islamic law; matters of children; gender and law in Nigeria with emphasis on Islamic law. Volume 2 has 25 chapters on private law that includes security of the environment and environmental law, land and property administration, commercial business and trade laws, communication, media and press laws, transportation and carrier laws, law enforcement, armed forces and military laws, investments, and intellectual property. |
Contents
Foreword | xxxix |
Chapter XIII | xli |
Preface | xlv |
Chapter I | 1 |
Jurisprudence and Nigerian Perspectives | 41 |
Chapter III | 77 |
Structures | 132 |
Owenan 325 | 137 |
Abisogun 494 495 503 598 | 324 |
Udugba 346 519 | 345 |
African Continental Bank Plc v G C Emedo 371 | 351 |
Okoronkwo | 361 |
F R N | 369 |
Chapter VIII | 381 |
Queensland Australia Criminal Code 1899 | 385 |
Evidence Laws | 389 |
Electoral Act No 31 of 1962 415 | 142 |
Alhaji Barabe Musa v Auta Hamza Others 226 | 145 |
A G v ICAN ICAN 371 | 147 |
Islamic Law | 151 |
Annan 515 | 166 |
Chapter V | 179 |
Attorney General of Benue State v Morgan Oketa and Another 269 | 213 |
Anakwe 379 | 217 |
Nsemfoo Nsemfoo 37 | 218 |
Sekoni Sekoni 417 | 227 |
Chapter VI | 249 |
Evidence Ordinance No 27 1943 391 | 258 |
Administrative Law | 259 |
Ayola 467 | 266 |
Provisions of the Constitution | 277 |
Aina and Co Ltd v Commissioner for Land and Survey and Others | 281 |
Public Complaints Bureau Law No 5 of 1974 | 294 |
Adunni 521 | 298 |
Chapter VII | 303 |
Soluade and Others 506 | 316 |
Fatal Accidents Act 1846 and 1864 410 | 320 |
Federal Revenue Court Act No 13 1973 | 405 |
Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Ordinance 1922 | 411 |
Iroakazi | 416 |
Chapter IX | 429 |
Foreign Marriage Recognition Act No 20 of 1966 | 435 |
Sierra Leone Mohammedan Marriage Ordinance 1905 526 | 438 |
Oloko | 457 |
Aseleke Others 503 | 461 |
Rathethethueoe 83 83 114 | 465 |
Chapter X | 467 |
Ikpotor 358 | 477 |
N K Adamolekun v The Council of the University of Ibadan 273 | 505 |
Abadom | 518 |
Chapter XI | 523 |
Solomon v Egbo 573 | 573 |
Chapter XII | 585 |
Nwakpele 454 | 617 |
Gender and Law in Nigeria with Emphasis on Islamic Law | 627 |
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