Customary law: the war without arms

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Title:	Customary law: the war without arms
Author:	Anyebe, A.P.
Year:	1985
Pages:	159
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Enugu
Publisher:	Fourth Dimension Publishers
ISBN:	978156184X
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	Idoma Igala Tiv customary law family law
Abstract:	Drawing heavily on examples from the Tiv, Igala and Idoma, three peoples who constitute over ninety-five percent of the people that make up Benue State of Nigeria, the author draws a picture of the law relating to the family as it stands today in Nigeria. He deals with the social and legal realities of Nigerian customary law issues, and treats topics pertaining to the formalities of getting married, maintenance and divorce, law as it affects the child, property and widowhood.