标题：Law And Justice In Post-British Nigeria: Conflicts And Interactions Between Native And Foreign Systems Of Social Control In Igbo - Nonso Okereafoezeke.
期刊名称：African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies
电子版ISSN：1554-3897
出版年度：2006
卷号：2
期号：1
出版社：African Criminology and Justice Association
摘要：This book fills a critical void in the literature on the interface between African indigenous justice systems and the colonial installed African state justice system. The author examines the phenomenon of a plural justice system in contemporary Ajalli, an Igbo town of South East Nigeria with a population of about 5000. The main thrust of the book is the examination of the promises and contradictions of the two justice systems with divergent legal traditions and goals operating in Ajalli, namely the Igbo native system of justice and the Nigerian state criminal justice system. The native justice system derives from the Igbo culture, customs, traditions and philosophy of justice according to the author. The Nigerian state criminal justice system has its origin in the common and civil law systems of Britain, Nigeria’s former colonial master. There seems to be a duplication of functions and even competition between the official Nigerian government administered criminal justice system, and the Ajalli community operated traditional justice system. The author also
