Administration of justice in the customary courts of Nigeria
Subtitle: problems and prospects : legal essays in honour of Hon. Justice Moses A.D. Bello OFR, President, Customary Court of Appeal, Abuja
By: edited by N.M. Jamo & A.M. Madaki.
Contributors: Bello, Moses A. D., 1953-; Jamo, N. M.; Madaki, A. M.
Publisher: Private Law Department, Ahmadu Bello University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Zaria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9789789002658
Subjects: Customary law -- Nigeria; Customary law courts -- Nigeria
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: About Hon. Justice Moses A.D. Bello and Customary Court of Appeal, Abuja; title: Historical evolution of customary courts in Nigeria / A.I. Bappah; title: Introduction of English law into Nigeria : analysis of the background and mechanisms for the introduction / Saleh Mohammed Kanam; title: The role and development of customary law in the Nigerian legal system / Margaretmary M. Igbetar; title: Jurisdiction : the new jurisdiction of customary courts in land matters / Yusuf Aboki; title: Proof of customary law in courts in Nigeria / S.S. Ameh; title: Succession under customary law : issues, controversies and solutions / Margaretmary M. Igbetar; title: Customary intellectual property : the need for its recognition and application in customary courts in Nigeria / Ibrahim Abdulkarim; title: Questioning equality as a right : differential legal treatment of spouses of polygamous and monogamous marriages in Nigeria / A.A. Oba; title: The role of customary law arbitrarion, in the establishment of customary law, in customary courts in Nigeria / Balarabe Dalhatu; title: Alternative dispute resolution : a global reversion to customary law / L.A. Ayinla; title: The conscience of equity v. the lore of customary law / Adamu Kyuka Usman; title: Customary courts in Nigeria : the neglected cornerstone in the dispensation of justice / T. Kehinde Adekunle; title: Continuing legal education for customary courts personnel in Nigeria : issues and challenges / Abubakar M. Madaki; title: The customary courts of Kaduna State / Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim; title: Complexities and complications in the administration of Islamic and customary laws in Nigeria : Rabiu v Abasi (1996) revisited / A.A. Oba.