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Family property among the Yorubas /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Law in AfricaPublication details: London, Sweet and Maxwell; Lagos, African Universities P., c1966.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxi, 397 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.2 COK
LOC classification:
  • KTA8407 .C65 1966
Summary: 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.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library NigerianaSpecial Archival Collection Nigeriana 347.2 COK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008101212476

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.

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