Reconstructing law and justice in a postcolony /
Okafo, Nonso.
Farnham : Ashgate,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Are traditions, customs, and native laws impotent in the face of modernity? -- Indigenous versus foreign controls in selected countries : Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Saudi Arabia -- Indigenous versus foreign controls in selected countries : Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa -- Indigenous versus foreign controls in selected countries : Australia, Canada, Japan, United States of America -- Obstacles to indigenizing law and justice : a case study of post-British Nigeria -- Model law and justice : legislation and enforcement -- Model law and justice : adjudication and corrections -- Sharing the responsibility of law and justice renewal -- Summary and conclusion : checking the excesses of official criminalization in a postcolony : towards increased role for civil response in a reconstructed justice system.
Legal polycentricity.
Customary law.
Postcolonialism.