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- Title
WHERE CUSTOM DICTATES: A COMPARISON OF THE INTEGRATION OF CUSTOMARY LAW IN NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA AS APPLICABLE TO CUSTODY AND FAMILY LAW DISPUTES.
- Authors
CAMERON, MADELYN
- Abstract
The article compares the integration of customary law in Nigeria and South Africa as applicable to custody and family law disputes. Topics discussed include challenges posed by customary law on family law, international legal treaties like the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, repugnancy doctrine, marriage, divorce and child custody in Nigeria, and operation of customary courts, divorce and child custody under the South African customary law.
- Subjects
CUSTOMARY law; CUSTODY of children; DOMESTIC relations; CONVENTION on the Rights of the Child; WOMEN'S rights; MARRIAGE law; DIVORCE law
- Publication
Emory International Law Review, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 1, p147
- ISSN
1052-2840
- Publication type
Article