Full Description
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. There are, of course, a few anthropological attempts, almost invariably designed as or inspired by Government Reports on some specific areas of the country, and their aim is therefore often administrative or fiscal. This book is accordingly an attempt to create a legal order out of the chaos of lay approaches and to examine and systematize, as far as possible, such principles of indigenous tenure as are discernible in available materials in the light of the growing body of case-law.
This book will be of value to students and researchers of African law and custom, and of comparative jurisprudence.
Contents
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
