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Introduction
Introduction
Nigeria.
• Nigeria was divided into provinces, divisions, and
British creation.
• The artificiality of boundaries and cultural differences
established in 1906.
• In 1914, the Colony, Northern Protectorate, and Southern
indigenous people.
Weaknesses of Early Nationalist Movements:
• Lack of proper organization and mobilization hindered
crushed.
Period 1914-1939:
• British colonial regime imposed economic, political, and
NNDP.
• The NNDP and LYM were important political organizations
S.M. Abiodun.
• A branch of Marcus Garvey's movement in the United
survive long.
Nationalist Movements in Phases:
1. 19th Century: Led by indigenous rulers resisting colonial
encroachment.
2. 1900-1939: British colonial regime imposed policies;
discrimination in various sectors; emergence of political
organizations.
3. 1945-1960: Period following World War II, leading to the
attainment of independence in 1960.
Post-World War II Nationalist Movements:
• Post-war period saw the emergence of more radical
Regions.
• Sir Tafawa Balewa of NPC elected Prime Minister in 1957;
Conclusion:
• Nigeria gained independence in 1960 on what was
Introduction:
• Despite the impact of colonialism, Nigeria had its own rich
e) Procedural Law:
• Definition: Deals with the procedures for enforcing legal
rights in court.
• Nature: No obligation to enforce one's right; choice given
to individuals.
• Subcategories: Legislative Procedure, Administrative
status.
2. Examination Malpractice:
• Definition: Unlawful behavior or willful act contrary to
1. Legislature
2. Executive
3. Judiciary
• Functions:
1. Law-making
2. Approving public funds use
3. Supervising government activities (modern function)
• National Assembly in Nigeria:
grants remedies.
• In criminal cases, the court determines if an offense has
dispute resolution.
• Courts also perform administrative duties, such as
administering the estate of deceased persons and
supervising guardianship of infants.
1.9 Doctrine of Separation of Powers:
• Proposed by French Jurist De Montesquieu in 1748.
constitution of 1979.
• Strict adherence to the doctrine may not be practical or
various means.
• Judiciary exercises control over the executive and
legislature.
• Judicial control involves remedies like damages,
protection to society.
• Negative effects include potential hardening of offenders
disputes.
• Private Arranging enjoys advantages like secrecy,
associations.
Constitutive Technique:
• Law recognizes a group as a legal person, e.g., companies
Adjudicatory.
• Adjudicatory method involves fact-finding by a judge and
apportioning blame.
• Non-Adjudicatory method involves reconciliation and
conciliation (mediation and arbitration).
• Non-Adjudicatory avoids the win-lose character but may
behavior of a population.
• Cultural Lag: Time gap between changes in material and
non-material culture.
• Culture Norm: Expectations or rules of behavior developed
from values.
• Cultural Pluralism: Coexistence of different racial or ethnic
is important to a community.
• Culture Shock: Disorientation when exposed to
agriculture.
Social Structures and Control:
• Folkways: Customs and habitual ways not strictly enforced,
belong.
• Peer Group: A group of people of the same age.
Social Control:
• Social Control: Mechanisms ensuring members behave as
expected.
• Positive Sanctions: Rewards for conformity.
making center.
• Cloth Weaving: Akwete Cloth in Abia, Aso-Oke in Oyo,
conduct in society.
• Customary Law: No universally accepted definition;
of various crops.
• Associated with the Nok culture, one of the earliest iron-
Shere Hills.
Jos Plateau Overview:
• Jos Plateau, covering about 7,770 km2 and rising to a