Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-1968

Abstract

One of the first acts of Nigeria's new military Government followingthe coup d'etat that disposed of the previous Government on January 15,1966, was to announce that its ultimate goal with regard to judicial reformis to integrate the locally administered native courts into theRegional Governmental court structure. As a first step, the more than750 native courts of Northern Nigeria,' previously supervised by theMinistry of Justice, were placed under the supervision of the politicallyindependent Judicial Department. More recently, the native courts havebeen made independent of the native authorities, the local governmentunits, and the judicial powers of the Emirs' courts have been withdrawn.

Discipline

State and Local Government Law

Research Areas

Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice

Publication

Boston University Law Review

Volume

48

Issue

1

First Page

49

Last Page

82

ISSN

0006-8047

Publisher

The Boston University School of Law

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