Add to ORKGThere were salient novelties in the legal system of the Benin Kingdom and other areas in pre-colonial Africa that promoted justice, peace, and order among people and communities. Special provisions such as collective responsibility in legal personality, the law of primogeniture, the fusion of laws and religion in theory and practice, and the recognition of societal status and political position in legal proceedings amongst other legal concepts were incorporated into the body of laws in Benin. Previous intellectual efforts center on the political, economic, and social aspects of history, largely neglecting these legal dynamics and other vital areas of the kingdom's organization. Hence, this study analyzes indigenous legal concepts in the Ben...
Legal Pluralism in Africa came into being as a result of colonialism, which has impacted all areas o...
The Indigenous judicial system and governance in the Old Ondo Province, like other Yoruba communitie...
This paper examines conflict and conflict resolution among the Igbo of Nigeria in pre-colonial perio...
There were salient novelties in the legal system of the Benin Kingdom and other areas in pre-colonia...
The study set out to affirm that Traditional Public Administration existed in pre-colonial Africa, s...
Traditional institution was the most relevant institution in all the Yoruba towns and villages in th...
Colonialism became a fact of life in many African countries. An effect of colonialism especially in ...
The colonial Native Court, as an agency for social transformation, used the instrument of the Ishan ...
The conquest and subsequent imposition of colonial rule on the various ethnic nationalities in Niger...
The paper examines the structure, nature and character of governance and civil administration in Pre...
Most societies in pre-colonial times experienced one form of relationship or the other with their ne...
The British Common Law provides an overriding background to human conduct and the dispensation of ju...
The judiciary and legislature need to adapt African indigenous law to make it a tool of socio-econom...
This paper examines the impact of British Colonial rule on intergroup relations between Benin and Es...
The doctrine of repugnancy owes it origin to the medieval period and evolution of English equity. Th...
Legal Pluralism in Africa came into being as a result of colonialism, which has impacted all areas o...
The Indigenous judicial system and governance in the Old Ondo Province, like other Yoruba communitie...
This paper examines conflict and conflict resolution among the Igbo of Nigeria in pre-colonial perio...
There were salient novelties in the legal system of the Benin Kingdom and other areas in pre-colonia...
The study set out to affirm that Traditional Public Administration existed in pre-colonial Africa, s...
Traditional institution was the most relevant institution in all the Yoruba towns and villages in th...
Colonialism became a fact of life in many African countries. An effect of colonialism especially in ...
The colonial Native Court, as an agency for social transformation, used the instrument of the Ishan ...
The conquest and subsequent imposition of colonial rule on the various ethnic nationalities in Niger...
The paper examines the structure, nature and character of governance and civil administration in Pre...
Most societies in pre-colonial times experienced one form of relationship or the other with their ne...
The British Common Law provides an overriding background to human conduct and the dispensation of ju...
The judiciary and legislature need to adapt African indigenous law to make it a tool of socio-econom...
This paper examines the impact of British Colonial rule on intergroup relations between Benin and Es...
The doctrine of repugnancy owes it origin to the medieval period and evolution of English equity. Th...
Legal Pluralism in Africa came into being as a result of colonialism, which has impacted all areas o...
The Indigenous judicial system and governance in the Old Ondo Province, like other Yoruba communitie...
This paper examines conflict and conflict resolution among the Igbo of Nigeria in pre-colonial perio...