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Title: | Modes of indigenous disputing and legal interactions among the Ibos of eastern Nigeria |
Author: | Uwazie, Ernest E. |
Year: | 1994 |
Periodical: | Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law |
Issue: | 34 |
Pages: | 87-103 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | Igbo customary law conflict resolution |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/07329113.1994.10756456 |
Abstract: | This study examines the various forms of Ibo 'indigenous justice' as well as their connections with each other and with the State legal system. Indigenous justice includes native or village disputing mechanisms that lack the support or institutional characteristics of the State legal system. Generally, the indigenous legal system is characterized by native or lay participation and it is less bureaucratic than the State system of law. It relies on unwritten, oral and flexible precedents or rules. The author examines six types of indigenous justice used for handling disputes among the Ibo of Imo State of eastern Nigeria (the family head, the 'Umuada' or married daughters, the 'Amala' or village tribunal, age grades, titled men or chiefs, and oracles) and analyses their interaction with the formal legal system, viz. the State police and courts. Data were collected in March 1989 and from October 1989 to January 1990. Bibliogr., notes. |