Common Law and Sharia in Nigeria: An Unresolved Problem of CoexistenceThis work was written 1989 and published for the first time in 2002. The author's intention is to inform even-handedly, national and international debates about the misunderstandings surrounding the Sharia and common legal systems in Nigeria. Balewa broadly discusses Western and Islamic philosophical backgrounds of law, relationships between law, politics and religion in society, and concepts of secularism and secularity. He traces the history and schools of Sharia law, and the sources of common law in Nigeria, and its comparative religious and colonial foundations. He further appraises two views of the controversy: namely, whether Sharia law, as a fully-fledged legal system, should be reflected in the Nigerian constitution - or not, given its contentious religious content; and he states the case against Sharia. His conclusion is that in view of the status quo, and the multi-ethnic, mulit-religious nature of Nigerian society, there is a need for understanding of the truths of both systems; and to find appropriate means of ensuring their equality and peaceful co-existence. |
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... social instability , amongst the most urgent needs in countries which desire to be democratic is the crucial one of ... social institutions of the people they colonized in order to govern them peacefully , it surely behooves us also to ...
... social instability , amongst the most urgent needs in countries which desire to be democratic is the crucial one of ... social institutions of the people they colonized in order to govern them peacefully , it surely behooves us also to ...
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... social relations are set for the purpose of the common good in a society . It is for this very reason that , from the instant that man became a social animal , the law has been relied upon to set out the terms of his co- existence with ...
... social relations are set for the purpose of the common good in a society . It is for this very reason that , from the instant that man became a social animal , the law has been relied upon to set out the terms of his co- existence with ...
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... social . ( Ibid , pp . 710- 720 ) . It is for this reason that legal philosophers such as Maurice Hauriou , Georges Renard and Leon Duguit ( all French Catholics ) see the principles of justice as the principles of social organization ...
... social . ( Ibid , pp . 710- 720 ) . It is for this reason that legal philosophers such as Maurice Hauriou , Georges Renard and Leon Duguit ( all French Catholics ) see the principles of justice as the principles of social organization ...
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Chapter | 1 |
Law and Religion in Society | 3 |
The Case Against Sharia | 13 |
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Democratization and Islamic Law: The Sharia Conflict in Nigeria Johannes Harnischfeger Limited preview - 2008 |
Die Scharia in Nigeria anhand der Texte von Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Barbara Taschner No preview available - 2008 |