The Role of Customary Courts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789781562549)

This study deals with the laws and practices which have governed the Customary Courts in Nigeria from the pre-colonial to the present period. It analyses the nature of customary law, the constitution and jurisdiction of the Customary Courts, the role of traditional rulers in such courts and the law administered in them. It outlines criminal and civil procedures of the Customary Court; discusses the question of legal representation; and the future and possible abolition of the Customary Courts in the context of Nigeria's problematic dual legal system.

Author: M. Okany
ISBN-10: 9781562544
ISBN-13: 9789781562549
Publisher: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2002
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d