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of the native authorities, the local governmentunits, and the judicial powers of the Emirs' courts have been withdrawn.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
Citation
SMITH, David Nathan.
Native courts of Northern Nigeria: Techniques for Institutional Development. (1968). Boston University Law Review. 48, (1), 49-82.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2619
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