THE RIGHTS OF SPOUSES IN MARRIAGE UNDER THE STATUTE AND ISLAMIC LAWS IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL
THE RIGHTS OF SPOUSES IN MARRIAGE UNDER THE STATUTE AND ISLAMIC LAWS IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL
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Date
2003-01
Authors
MOHAMMED, Jummai Adama Audi
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Abstract
Chapter one introduces the general status of women in the family which found
support and basis from the Bible, culture and traditions as well as the
misinterpretation of Islamic injunctions, which resulted in making women a
disadvantaged sex. It provides problem statement of the research regarding the rights
of women within the meaning of "human right" as conceived by human right activists
like Hobbes Locke and Thomas Payne were highlighted; The objective of the study is
to examine the Statutory and Islamic law provisions as well as court cases in order to
show the extent to which husband's and wives' rights are protected by both the laws
and the courts, i.e. juridical study.
The research put in one document the pieces of the rights of spouses in
marriage under both Statutory and Islamic Law marriages for the benefit of spouses,
intending spouses, law students, lawyers, women activists, etc.
The scope of the study covers the review of Statute, literature and court case
studies from wide range of time.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN LAW (Ph.D.)
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THE RIGHTS OF SPOUSES,, MARRIAGE,, UNDER THE STATUTE,, ISLAMIC LAWS,, NIGERIA, AN APPRAISAL,