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Originally published in 1951,
Nigerian Land Law and Custom (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), the first of its kind, is an excellent comparative study of the whole system of land tenure in Nigeria. This book will be of value to students and researchers of African law and custom, and of comparative jurisprudence.
Sommario
1. Historical Introduction
2. Problems of Ownership (The Colony)
3. Problems of Ownership (The Protectorate)
4. Corollaries of Crown 'Ownership'
5. Indigenous Systems of Tenure
6. Indigenous Systems of Tenure (Continued) (Decided Cases illustrating and amplifying Chapter 5)
7. Indigenous Systems of Tenure (continued)
8. Alienation of Land (Inter Vivos)
9. Servitudes, Easements, Profits and Restrictive Covenants
10. Inheritance and Succession (Alienation on Death)
11. Land Registration
12. Conclusion
Info autore
T. Olawale Elias became the first Attorney General and Minister of Justice of independent Nigeria, which ended in 1966 after the coup d'état. Elias was appointed as Nigeria's commissioner for justice in 1967. In 1972, he became chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. After the military took over in 1975, Elias was elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council as a judge in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that he served until his death.
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Originally published in 1951, Nigerian Land Law and Custom (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), the first of its kind, is an excellent comparative study of the whole system of land tenure in Nigeria. This book will be of value to students and researchers of African law and custom, and of comparative jurisprudence.
