Nigeria's Sharia Courts (original) (raw)

2017

Abstract

As it affected the courts of Nigeria’s sharia states, the sharia implementation programmes enacted in 1999-2001 had three main aspects: to replace the old Area Courts with Sharia Courts; to bring back Islamic criminal law, abrogated since 1960, for application in the Sharia Courts to Muslims; and to direct all appeals from Sharia Courts, in both civil and criminal matters, to the Sharia Courts of Appeal. In §2 of this report we review the main features of the enactments of the sharia states by which these changes were legislated, discussing changes in the laws regarding administration and supervision of the courts, appointment and qualifications of the judges, jurisdiction and applicable law, and appeals. In §3 we present our findings, based on fieldwork and other research, as to how the legislated changes have developed over almost two decades. Data are presented and many details discussed regarding Sharia Court administration, the judges, civil caseloads and matters being litigate...

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