1st Edition
Domestic Legal Pluralism and the International Criminal Court The Case of Shari'a Law in Nigeria
By Justin Su-Wan Yang
Copyright 2022
272 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
272 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores how the unique historical development of Islamic Shari’a criminal law alongside English common law in northern Nigeria has created a hybridised criminal legal system through a pluralist dynamic of mutual accommodation. It studies how this system may potentially be accommodated by the International Criminal Court.
The work examines how this could be accommodated through... Read more
Chapter I – Pluralism in International Criminal Law
Chapter II – Legal Pluralism and Shari’a Law
Chapter III – History of Legal Pluralism in Nigeria
Chapter IV – Boko Haram and Shari’a Violence in Nigeria
Chapter V – The International Criminal Court in Nigeria
Biography
Dr Justin Su-Wan Yang, King's College London, barrister.
