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Coker, G. B. A.

Family property among the Yorubas / - 2nd ed. - London, Lagos, Sweet and Maxwell; African Universities P., c1966. - xxxi, 397 p.: - Law in Africa, .

Includes index

Bibliography: p. 389-391.

The book discusses the Yoruba inheritances and succession as it concerns customary law. Yoruba customary law, to a member of the legal profession, consists of those legal rules currently accepted by the High Court; to me-and of course to most Yoruba-it consists of the rules applied in the customary courts. The High Court has taken a long time to formulate a satisfactory concept of family property. Most of the cases reported refer to Lagos in which town there are no customary courts; the judges do not have the benefit of a lower court judgment based on customary law alone. Lagos chiefs are called to give evidence of Yoruba law but these men have not the experience of customary court judges.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Property (Yoruba law)
Inheritance and succession (Yoruba law)
Property
Inheritance and succession
Customary law
Land tenure (Primitive law)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nigeria

LC Class. No.: KTA8407 / .C65 1966

Dewey Class. No.: 347.2 / COK