THE CONCEPT OF DOMICILE IN NIGERIA
THE CONCEPT OF DOMICILE IN NIGERIA
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1985-11-18
Authors
HARANDE, abubakar saddiq
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Abstract
Domicile is an important concept in the
determination of the personal affairs of an
individual. Issues of legitimacy, legitimation,
adoption, marriage and divorce, to mention a few,
are all determined in accordance with the law
of the domicile.
Important as this concept is, Nigerian
principles of domicile like other Nigerian rules
of the conflict of laws, have continued to
develop along the lines of the English conflict
of laws. Although no legal system can develop
independently without external influence, the
need to de-emphasise such influence is paramount.
It is the aim of this dissertation therefore to
discuss the concept of domicile in the Nigerian
conflict of Laws and make suggestions for the
reform of those areas of the law of domicile which
have remained tied to the English concept of domicile.
It must be noted however that the need to
depart from the English conception not only of
domicile but of other areas of the Conflict of Laws
cannot be over-emphasised in Nigeria today.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate school,
Ahmadu Bello University, in partial fulfilment of
the requirements for the degree of MASTER IN LAWS
(LL.M)
Department of Private Law
Faculty of Law
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
November 18, 1985.
All rights reserved. No part of this
dissertation may be copied or reproduced
without prior permission of the author
Keywords
CONCEPT OF DOMICILE,, NIGERIA,