Research Catalog

Title

The indigenous African criminal justice system for the modern world / Olusina Akeredolu.

Author

Akeredolu, Olusina

Publication

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2016]

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Details

Description

xxvi, 292 pages; 26 cm

Series Statement

Carolina Academic Press African world series

Uniform Title

Carolina Academic Press African world series.

Subject

• Criminal justice, Administration of > Africa
• Customary law > Africa
• Religion and justice
• Religion and law > Africa
• Criminal justice, Administration of
• Customary law
• Religion and law
• Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index.

Contents

Chapter 1: The indigenous African system of criminal justice -- What is criminal justice? -- Description of the indigenous African criminal justice system -- Relationship between indigenous African religions and indigenous African justice system -- Effectiveness of traditional African criminal justice system -- Kings or community head as adjudicators -- Indigenous African courtroom, procedure, punishment, and records -- Between restorative justice approach and traditional African justice system -- Merits of restorative justice -- Demerits of restorative justice -- Swaziland (the Swazi of South Africa) -- Umhlanga (Reed dance) festival -- Concept of human rights -- Chapter 2: Land tenure under the indigenous African justice system -- Dwelling arrangements among African community landowners -- Traditional settlement over land -- Chapter 3: Criminal justice and marriage in Africa -- Customary marriage -- Introduction of formal customary court to Nigeria -- Islamic marriage -- Civil marriage -- The offence of bigamy -- Bigamy versus African tradition -- Inheritance -- Chapter 4: Criminal justice and Islam in Africa -- Resemblance of some Sunna rules and English legal rules -- Introduction of Sharia to some states in Nigeria -- Chapter 5: Criminal justice and Old-Testament Christianity in Africa -- DNA, new evidence, res judicata, issue estoppel, and functus officio -- Principle of non-finality of judgment -- Exoneration through DNA result several years after sentence -- Chapter 6: Criminal justice and New-Testament Christianity in Africa -- Punishment and pardon under modern Christian doctrine and formal legal traditions -- Religion and social justice -- Between foreign and African religions -- African religion, tradition and justice -- Christianity and the rate of crime -- Chapter 7: Criminal justice and colonial rule -- Types of criminal justice administered by colonial masters -- Territories annexed by the colonial masters -- Criminal justice in British colonies in Africa -- Criminal justice in French colonies in Africa -- Criminal justice in Morocco -- Revision of Moroccan criminal procedure law -- Criminal justice in Portuguese African colonies -- Mozambique -- Colonial and post-colonial African discriminatory traditions against women -- Women's cleansing in Malawi -- Breast ironing in Cameroon -- Women's right of inheritance in Botswana -- Chapter 8: Criminal justice in apartheid South Africa -- Nelson Mandela -- The Rivonia trial -- Steve Bantu Biko -- Chapter 9: Criminal justice and military authorities in Africa -- The rule of law -- Human right activism under military government in Nigeria -- Military regimes and the press in Nigeria -- Attempts at private criminal prosecution -- Chapter 10: Criminal justice and the labor movement in Africa -- Labor unionists' persecution in South Africa -- Labor unionism, pro-democracy activists and political overlords -- Chapter 11: Criminal justice under African sit-tight leaders -- Ethnic self determination under civilian and military regimes -- Ethnic security and the consequences of self defence -- The court, the people's struggle, and military dictatorship -- Chapter 12: Prisons in African countries: issues and reforms -- Physical outlook of prison facilities -- Location of prison facilities -- Decentralization of management structure of centralized prisons -- Undue delay in criminal trial -- Inadequate personnel, facilities, tools, and infrastructure -- Women and children in prison -- Health care services -- Prison alternative programs -- Rehabilitation and re-entry -- Pro bono services -- Victims of crime -- African countries practising Capital and or imprisonment as maximum form of punishment -- Chapter 13: Regular courts in Nigeria -- The Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, etc. -- The Supreme Court (Nigeria) -- The Court of Appeal -- The Federal High Court -- Criminal Justice and People's Courts in Nigeria-- Advantages of teh Peoples's Courts -- Disadvantages of the people's courts -- Chapter 14: Funding bodies and organizations for justice and peace in Africa -- The United Nations -- Individual, family, corporate, national, and regional grantmakers to Africa.

Call Number

Sc F 16-231

ISBN

• 9781611637465 (alk. paper)
• 1611637465 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2015048072

OCLC

932003712

Author

Akeredolu, Olusina, author.

Title

The indigenous African criminal justice system for the modern world / Olusina Akeredolu.

Publisher

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Carolina Academic Press African world series

Carolina Academic Press African world series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index.

Research Call Number

Sc F 16-231