An Appraisal of Nigerian Legal System in the Light of Savigny’s Philosophy of Law

Emmanuel Okonkwo

Abstract


Upon the monstrous advent of the  colonial masters and the parochial amalgamation of 1914, different cultures, politics and religion were forcibly fused and draconian Laws distinct from the people, were made to safeguard and keep in check, these distinct entities.

Keywords


Savigny; Legal System; Nigeria; Confedralism; Culture; Custom; Philosophy of participation; Philosophy of Law; Volksgeist; Nigerian Constitution; Islam; Nigerian Customary Law; Jurisprudence; Right to cultural identity

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