Description

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Modern Customary Courts in Nigeria is a second edition of the book Law, Practice and Procedure - Area Customary Courts in Nigeria which is the first full length work on the law and practice of customary courts in Nigeria. It draws attention to the peculiarities of customary courts and deals extensively with the law and practice of customary courts in Nigeria. 'Detailed, yet concise. Very comprehensive ... Incisive'. - Prof. Emeka Chianu: Faculty of Law, University of Benin. 'This work strengthens my long-held conviction that the author's continued stay on the bench of that court is a monumental waste of legal and juristic intellect'. - Prof. Olanrewaju O. Adeojo: Head, Dept. of Business and Industrial Law, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye. 'Wonderful thesis ... Congratulations for an erudite contribution to the law and practice of customary courts'. - Hon. Justice (rtd) Prof. D. Narebor: College of Law, Igbinedion University, Okada.

About the Author

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Miakpo Emiaso is President of Area Customary Court with exclusive original jurisdiction for customary law causes and matters. Called to the Nigerian bar in 1989, he has practised law at all levels of court in Nigeria including the Supreme Court. He holds a Masters Degree in Law and a Diploma in Journalism. Emiaso has worked with the Nigerian Observer as a Senior Reporter covering the Nigerian National Assembly in the second republic and as Senior Sub-editor with the New Nigerian Newspapers. He was West African Correspondent for Seatrade Magazine published in the United Kingdom and has been a lecturer in law with the Times Journalism Institute, Lagos and an Examiner/Assessor with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Emiaso is the author of the best-selling Co-operative Societies Law and Practice in Nigeria (2011), Landlords and Tenants under Nigerian Laws (2012) and How to Recover Properties of Dead Relations - Letters of Administration Law and Practice in Nigeria (2017). He co-authored Banking Laws and Regulations in Nigeria in 2006 and wrote the non-law text Forgiveness: A Sure Path to Peace and Joy in 2015