The indigenous African criminal justice system for the modern world
By: Olusina Akeredolu
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611637465
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Religion and law; Customary law; Religion and justice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: The indigenous African system of criminal justice; title: What is criminal justice?; title: Description of the indigenous African criminal justice system; title: Relationship between indigenous African religions and indigenous African justice system; title: Effectiveness of traditional African criminal justice system; title: Kings or community head as adjudicators; title: Indigenous African courtroom, procedure, punishment, enforcement and records; title: Between restorative justice approach and indigenous African justice system; title: Merits of restorative justice approach; title: Demerits of restorative justice approach; title: Swaziland (the Swazi of South Africa); title: Umhlanga (the reed dance) festival; title: Concept of human rights; title: Chapter 2: Land tenure under the indigenous African justice system; title: Dwelling arrangements among African community landowners; title: Traditional settlement of land dispute; title: Chapter 3: Criminal justice and marriage in Africa; title: Customary marriage; title: Introduction of formal customary court to Nigeria; title: Islamic marriage; title: Civil marriage; title: The offence of bigamy; title: Bigamy versus African tradition; title: Inheritance; title: Chapter 4: Criminal justice and Islam in Africa; title: Resemblance of some Sunna rules and English legal rules; title: Introduction of Sharia to some states in Nigeria; title: Chapter 5: Criminal justice and Old-Testament Christianity in Africa; title: DNA, new evidence, res judicata, issue estoppel, and functus officio; title: Principle of non-finality of judgment; title: Exoneration through DNA result several years after sentence; title: Chapter 6: Criminal justice and New-Testament Christianity in Africa; title: Punishment and pardon under modern Christian doctrine and formal legal tradition; title: Religion and social justice; title: Between foreign and African religions; title: African religion, tradition and justice; title: Christianity and the rate of crime; title: Chapter 7: Criminal justice and colonial rule; title: Types of criminal justice administered by colonial masters; title: Territories annexed by the colonial masters; title: Criminal justice in British colonies in Africa; title: Criminal justice in French colonies in Africa; title: Criminal justice in Morocco; title: Revision of Moroccan criminal procedure law; title: Criminal justice in Portuguese African colonies; title: Mozambique; title: Colonial and post-colonial African discriminatory traditions against women; title: Women's cleansing in Malawi; title: Breast ironing in Cameroon; title: Women's right of inheritance in Botswana; title: Chapter 8: Criminal justice in apartheid South Africa; title: Nelson Mandela; title: The Rivonia trial; title: Steve Bantu Biko; title: Chapter 9: Criminal justice and military authorities in Africa; title: The rule of law; title: Human right activism under military government in Nigeria; title: Military regimes and the press in Nigeria; title: Attempts at private criminal prosecution; title: Chapter 10: Criminal justice and the labor movement in Africa; title: Labor unionists' persecution in South Africa; title: Labor unionism, pro-democracy activists and political overlords; title: Chapter 11: Criminal justice under African sit-tight leaders; title: Ethnic self determination under civilian and military regimes; title: Ethnic security and self defence with its consequencies; title: The court, the people's struggle, and military dictatorship; title: Chapter 12: Prisons in African countries: issues and reforms; title: Physical outlook of prison facilities; title: Location of prison facilities; title: Decentralization of management structure of centralized prisons; title: Undue delay in criminal trial; title: Inadequate personnel, facilities, tools, and infrastructure; title: Women and children in prison; title: Health care services; title: Prison alternative programs; title: Rehabilitation and re-entry; title: Pro bono services; title: Victims of crime; title: African countries with capital and or imprisonment as maximum form of punishment; title: Chapter 13: Regular courts in Nigeria; title: The Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, etc; title: The state courts recognized by the Constitution; title: Criminal justice and people's courts in Nigeria; title: Advantages of the people's courts; title: Disadvantages of the people's courts; title: Chapter 14: Funding bodies and organizations for justice and peace in Africa; title: The United Nations; title: Individual, family, corporate, national, and regional grantmakers to Africa.