Non-State Law in Nigeria: A ”Treasure Trove” or “Pandora’s Box”?
Nigeria operates a tripartite legal system comprising customary law, Sharia law and the English common law regime. While the former two non-state legal systems predated the coming of the British to that region of Africa, English common law tradition was introduced with colonisation. Consequently, th...
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Brigitte Lurger, Elisabeth Staudegger, Stefan Storr
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Austrian Law Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://alj.uni-graz.at/index.php/alj/article/view/73 |