TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coker,G.B.A.
TI  - Family property among the Yorubas
AV  - KTA8407 .C65 1966
U1  - 347.2 
PY  - 1966///
CY  - London, Lagos
PB  - Sweet and Maxwell, African Universities P.
KW  - Property (Yoruba law)
KW  - Inheritance and succession (Yoruba law)
KW  - Property
KW  - Inheritance and succession
KW  - Customary law
KW  - Land tenure (Primitive law)
KW  - Nigeria
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 389-391
N2  - 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
ER  -