Reconstructing law and justice in a postcolony
By: by Nonso Okafo.
Series: Interdisciplinary research series in ethnic, gender, and class relations
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754647843; 9780754689652
Subjects: Legal polycentricity; Customary law; Postcolonialism
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Are traditions, customs, and native laws impotent in the face of modernity?; title: Indigenous versus foreign controls in selected countries : Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Saudi Arabia; title: Indigenous versus foreign controls in selected countries : Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa; title: Indigenous versus foreign controls in selected countries : Australia, Canada, Japan, United States of America; title: Obstacles to indigenizing law and justice : a case study of post-British Nigeria; title: Model law and justice : legislation and enforcement; title: Model law and justice : adjudication and corrections; title: Sharing the responsibility of law and justice renewal.