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Title:Acquiescence in English law and the customary land law of Ghana and Nigeria
Author:Woodman, G.R.ISNI
Year:1971
Periodical:Journal of African Law
Volume:15
Issue:1
Pages:41-59
Language:English
Geographic terms:Ghana
Nigeria
Great Britain
Subjects:customary law
land law
reception of foreign law
Abstract:The English doctrine of acquiescence has been imported into Ghana and Nigeria to fill what appeared in new circumstances to be a deficiency in the customary land law. The doctrine had been used to perform functions different from those which it has performed and is performing in English land law. The article compares the different characteristics the doctrine has assumed in the three countries, and draws some conclusions from the experience of Ghana and Nigeria in the following parts. 1. Origins of judicial application of the doctrine (Origins in England; Origins in Ghana and Nigeria) - 2. The elements of acquiescence (A mistaken belief by the party pleading acquiescence; Silence where there is a duty to correct the mistaken belief. A subsequent act on the faith of the mistaken belief) - 3. The consequences of acquiescence - 4. Causes of the differences - 5. Conclusion. Notes. Resume en français.
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