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Title: | The place of islamic law within the framework of the Sierra Leone legal system |
Author: | Smart, H.M. Joko |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | African Law Studies |
Issue: | 18 |
Pages: | 87-102 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sierra Leone |
Subjects: | Islamic law law Shari'a |
External link: | https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/jlpul18&id=95&collection=journals&index=journals/jlpul |
Abstract: | Sierra Leone has a pluralistic legal system embracing 1) general law, 2) customary law, and 3) Islamic law. This legal system shares a common heritage with those of many other former British dependencies in containing an admixture of laws either inherited from England or influrenced by English law, indigenous laws and customs, and Islamic law tinged with the customs and traditions of the indigenous people. This article discusses the place of Islamic law within the framework of this legal system: Introduction (general law; customary law; Islamic law) - (Islamic law) - Islamic law in action (marriage; divorce; succession) - The future of Islamic law. Notes. |