Law and justice in post-British Nigeria : conflicts and interactions between native and foreign systems of social control in Igbo / Nọnso Okereafọezeke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okereafoezeke, Nonso, 1963-

Series:

Contributions in comparative colonial studies 0163-3813 ; no. 43.

Contributions in comparative colonial studies, 0163-3813 ; no. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Nigeria.

Justice, Administration of.

Nigeria.

Customary law--Nigeria.

Customary law.

Law, Igbo.

Physical Description:

xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part I Nature of Native Versus Colonially Imposed Justice in Nigeria: Dimensions of Informal and Formal Justice 9

1 Colonial Rule, Justice Issues, and Postcolonial Problems 11

2 Informal Versus Formal Justice 21

3 Survey of Cases and Application of Themes and Descriptors 51

Part II Aspects of Justice in Contemporary Traditional Igbo 113

4 Law-making Techniques in Contemporary Traditional Igbo and the Growth of Nigeria's Native Justice Systems 115

5 Methods and Procedures for the Application of Igbo Traditions, Customs, and Laws 123

6 Enforcement of Igbo Judicial Decisions 151

Part III Future of the Native/Foreign Justice Interface in Nigeria 159

7 Interactions Between Nigeria's Native and Foreign Justice 161

8 Criminological Theory Implications of Nigeria's Official Policies, Practices, and Idiosyncrasies on the Native Justice Systems 175

9 Future Social Control: Synthesizing Native, Foreign, Unofficial, and Official Controls 185

Appendix A. Data Summary Showing How the Cases Comply with the Predicted Themes and Descriptors 195

Appendix B. Application Form for Arbitration 209

Appendix C. Marriage in Ajalli

Regulations 211

Appendix D. Death and Burial Ceremonies in Ajalli

Regulations 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-232) and index.

ISBN:

0313313083

OCLC:

46473897