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530 documents for customary law in nigeria

- Can Muslims and Christians Live Together Peacefully in Nigeria?
The Nigerian constitution provides and guarantees for each citizen the freedom of religion, religious practice, and religious education.7 These rights are generally observed throughout Nigeria. [...] places of worship are freely established,8 and no restrictions are placed on the number of clergy trained in Nigeria9 or on the number of people who may perform pilgrimage.

... right to be adjudicated by Christian Customary laws at Area courts. Cases that involved Muslims a...
- Muslim World, The
- Vol. 99 Nbr. 4, October 2009
- Ogundoju v. Atty Gen USA, (3rd Cir. 2010)
... in January 1966 in accordance with customary traditions, and "claim[ing] that in June 1976 this... "REGISTRAY [sic] OF MARRIAGES LAGOS NIGERIA," and has "Registra [sic] of Marriages" typed unde...
- Federal Circuits
- Kiobel v. Millson, (2nd Cir. 2010)
...PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF NIGERIA , LTD .,. Defendants.*. Befor...§ 1350, for alleged violations of customary international law in Nigeria. They seek review of ...
- Federal Circuits

- Customary international law as U.S. law: a critique of the revisionist and intermediate positions and a defense of the modern position.
...(46) See Verlinden B.V. v. Cent. Bank of Nigeria, 461 U.S. 480, 492-93 (1983); Textile Workers Unio...
- Notre Dame Law Review
- Vol. 86 Nbr. 4, August 2011
- Maritime piracy: how can international law and policy address this growing global menace?
... applicable to piracy consists of the customary international law norm, under which piracy is a ju... oil platform in the Gulf of Guinea, along Nigeria's coast. (228) While clashing with the Nigerian ar...
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Vol. 39 Nbr. 2, March 2011
- Litigation Alert: The Second Circuit Rejects Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute
... complicity in human rights violations in Nigeria, held that because corporate liability is not recoognized under customary international law, federal courts do not have juri...
- Litigation Alert: The Second Circuit Rejects Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute.
... complicity in human rights violations in Nigeria, held that because corporate liability is not recoognized under customary international law, federal courts do not have juri...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2010, January 2010
- Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law.
... of interaction between Islamic and customary law, especially in the post-colonial era. Apart frrom a few references to Nigeria (some, again, involving zina'), these are mostly i...
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Vol. 130 Nbr. 1, January 2010
- Mary Nell Egan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John Weiss, Officer in Charge, Ins, and the Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals, Defendants-Appellees., 119 F.3d 106 (2nd Cir. 1997)
..." of the Oyo Local Government Grade 'C1' Customary Court in Nigeria ("Oyo court" or "customary court"...
- Federal Circuits
- Information Communication Technology (ICT) use as a predictor of lawyers' productivity.
... of the Europeans, each community in Nigeria had its own system of rules and practices regulati... law of England was introduced and customary law with some modifications was retained. It is th...
- Library Philosophy and Practice
- Nbr. 2011, January 2011