Author: Nigeria. Federal Ministry of JusticePublisher: Lagos : The Federal Ministry of Justice
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Women and Children Under Nigerian Law
Author: Nigeria. Federal Ministry of JusticePublisher: Lagos : The Federal Ministry of Justice
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Nigerian Legal System
Author: Charles MwalimuPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN: 9780820471273
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Volume 1 on public law provides an introduction to the Nigerian legal system. The various chapters deal with: introduction and sources of law; jurisprudence and Nigerian perspectives; African customary law; Islamic law; comparative constitutionalism and Nigerian perspectives; citizenship, immigration and administrative law; judicial system and legal profession; criminal law, evidence and civil procedure; statutory marriage and divorce laws; customary marriage and divorce; marriage and divorce under Islamic law; matters of children; gender and law in Nigeria with emphasis on Islamic law. Volume 2 has 25 chapters on private law that includes security of the environment and environmental law, land and property administration, commercial business and trade laws, communication, media and press laws, transportation and carrier laws, law enforcement, armed forces and military laws, investments, and intellectual property.
Critical Analysis of Women Conditions in Nigeria
Author: Peter O. NwankwoPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490707832
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
We examine whether Nigerian women have equal rights with men. To rectify these conditions such as discrimination based on gender, violence, and other maltreatments, we apply qualitative methodology using content analysis, personal knowledge, and observations. We found that in Nigeria, it is traditional customs and deep-rooted cultural mores, and Islamic religious beliefs tend to compete with customary law and the statutory laws inherited from England. The former has taken precedence and profoundly overshadowed the latter. However, there is a high incidence of violence, discrimination, and other maltreatments against women.
Children's and Women's Rights in Nigeria
Author: Women and Children's Rights in Nigeria
Author: Joy EzeiloFamily Law in Nigeria.
Author: Nwogugu, E.I.Publisher: HEBN Publishers
ISBN: 9780814256
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This is the third edition of an established and leading book on family law in Nigeria. Since the last edition in 1990 significant judicial and statutory enactments have taken place in the area of study. The new edition incorporates these changes and explains their implications. The chapters have been comprehensively re-written to reflect the changes in the law and to update all relevant information including the Same Sex Bill and the Nigerian Law Reform Commissions draft Marriage Act. New chapters have been included on domestic violence and widowhood respectively to reflect the continuing developments in Nigerian family law. The new Child's Right Act of 2003 and the similar state legislations have been analysed in the three new chapters. The non-customary law rules in the intestate succession have been extensively recast to reflect the provisions of the Marriage act as contained in the Lawa of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. This edition has devoted considerable attention to the applicable customary laws on the family and provides extensive treatment of Islamic Law Rules and their interpretations and application by the superior court. Familu law in Nigeria presents a fresh view not only on the applicable rules on Nigerian family law but also suggest new directions and underlines the socio-economic implications.
Gender and Power Relations in Nigeria
Author: Ronke I. Ako-NaiPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739177796
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Globally, women are oppressed and this book introduces the perspective of African women and especially that of Nigerian women. This book looks at the major themes that drive the women's empowerment programs in Nigeria. Feminists in Nigeria are shaped by the institutions, values, ideologies, and since the 1970s, the UN and its agencies have added an international dimension. The chapters, while taking us through a theoretical overview of Nigerian women's empowerment, also shows how institutions, values, religion, and culture can challenge feminist political philosophy— a philosophy that tends to universalize women’s problems and their solutions.
Gender, Development and Marriage
Author: Caroline SweetmanPublisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 9780855985042
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
This book traces the economic and social impact of inequality in marriage, and considers its implications for development. Looking at child marriage; the link between women's economic contribution, equality within marriage, NGO responses to domestic violence, and the need to understand particular forms of marriage for appropriate development policy
Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309048974
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.
Son Preference
Author: Navtej K. PurewalPublisher: Berg
ISBN: 1847887538
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The preference for male children transcends many societies and cultures, making it an issue of local and global dimensions. While son preference is not a new phenomenon and has existed historically in many parts of Asia, its contemporary expressions illustrate the gendered outcomes of social power relations as they interact and intersect with culture, economy and technologies. Son Preference brings together key debates on the subject of son preference by assessing existing work in the field and providing new insights through primary research. The book covers a broad range of social science discussions and draws upon textual and ethnographic material from India. Son Preference will be useful to students, scholars, activists and anyone interested in the issues surrounding gender inequity, sex selection and skewed sex ratios.