A digest on Islamic law and jurisprudence in Nigeria
Subtitle: essays in honour of Hon. Justice Umaru Faruk Abdullahi
By: edited by Zakariyau I. Oseni
Publisher: Darun-Nur
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Auchi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9789783643734
Subjects: Islamic law; Digests; Jurisprudence; Islam and state
Notes: "NAMLAS, Abuja, Nigeria"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dialogue of the deaf : the Sharîʻah debate in Nigeria  -- Auwalu Hamisu Yadudu; title: Priorities in the establishment of the Sharîʻah system in Nigeria  -- Ustaz Yoonus Abdullah; title: Islamic law and procedure  -- Mohammed L.M. Dodo; title: The Arabic language and the understanding and application of Islamic law  -- Saheed O. Timehin; title: The realization of the Sharîʻah in south-western Nigeria  -- Muhib O. Opeloye; title: The rights of non-Muslims under the Sharîʻah  -- Abdul-Qadir Zubair; title: Inheritance in a Muslim family : the Nigerian experience  -- K.A. Olatoye; title: A comparative study of the law of inheritance in the Sharîʻah and among the Yoruba of Nigeria  -- A. Adekilekun Tijani; title: The offence of adultery : proof and punishment in the Sharîʻah and challenges for the Muslim jurists  -- F.A.R. Adeleke; title: Limited polygyny under Islamic law  -- Bashiru A. Omipidan; title: An ideological discourse and a literature review on Islamic law in the Nigerian legal system  -- A.A. Oba; title: Application of Sharîʻah in Nigeria Fourth Republic  -- Yahya O. Imam; title: Implementation of the Sharîʻah in Nigeria : the impact on the common folks  -- Ishaq Lakin Akintola; title: Constitutional impediments to the total enthronement of Sharîʻah in Nigeria  -- Abdul Qadir Ibrahim Abikan; title: Sharîʻah and the Constitution : legal issues in perspective  -- M.I. Said; title: The Sharîʻah : adultery as a case study  -- Femi Okunnu; title: Muslim women and the Sharîʻah implementation in Nigeria -- Jaafar M. Kaura.