Law of NigeriaModule 6
Contract, land, family and succession: private law in a plural system, the Land Use Act and the Governor’s consent, three kinds of marriage, wills and intestacy
Private law in Nigeria is a mixture. Contract and tort follow the common law received from England, adjusted by statutes. Land is governed by the Land Use Act 1978, which vests land in the Governor of each state and makes his consent a condition of many transactions. Family law depends on the kind of marriage: statutory, customary or Islamic. Succession depends on whether there is a will, on state law and on the personal law of the deceased. For an outsider the practical risks are the missing consent, an unclear marriage regime and no will.
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