University of maiduguri

Introduction: Nature and sources of Islamic Law; The Historical Background

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   Pre-Islamic Arabia;
   
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   The rise of Islam; Sharia: the Development of the judicial system. Muadth ibn Jabal’s appointment; Prophets directions; Umar’s directions to the judges; the Development of Judicial Institutions: Qadi Muhtasib, Wazir Mazalim The role of juristic opinion (Holy) and customs (‘urf) the development of Islamic Law; The Emergence of the Schools of Law Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi’i, Hanbali, Ja’afari and Zahiri. The Development of Islamic Legal Literature: types (e.g. compendia, abridgments; gersses, Responsa, etc). The frequently consulted authoritative texts of the various schools of law; Modem developments; Impact of Western Legal Systems; Islamisation of Laws in recent years.
   

Islamic Law in Nigeria. The Historical Background: Introduction of Islam in West Africa. The Maliki School of Law; Maliki B; Anas Maliki School: The spread of the Maliki School in Nigeria, Authoritative Books; The Court System; The Application of Islamic Law during the Colonial period; the extent and application of Islamic Law in Contemporary Nigeria.

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   Introduction: Nature of Legal History, Legal History, Legal Ethnology and Comparative Law, Distinguished. The rationale for Legal History; Functions and Purposes; Contemporary Significance of Legal History.
   
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   Classification of Legal Systems into Legal Families - Legal Traditions and Legal Families; Historical Development: Mode of Legal Thinking; Distinctive Legal Thinking; Distinctive Legal Institutions; Ideology of Legal Systems.
   
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   The Common Law System: Law and custom in early Britain; Origins of the Common Law; The Superior Courts of Common Law; The Forms of Action; The Jury and Pleadings; The Court of Chancery and Equity; The Counciliar Courts; The Ecclesiastical Courts; Judicial Review of Decisions; The Legal Profession; Legal Literature; Law making.
   
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   Elements of the Common Law: Real Property; Contract; Quasi-Contract; Property in Chattels Personal; Negligence; Economic Torts; Persons; Pleas of the Crown.
   
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   Judicial Precedent and its Development: The development of Judicial Precedent in England; The Introduction of the Doctrine into other Common Law Jurisdictions.
   
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   The Growth and Development of Equity: The Judicature Acts 1873 and 1875 and reforms.
   
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   The Civil Law System: Historical Development of the Civil Law tradition -Roman Law and Western Civilisation; History of French Law-Key features of the French Legal System; History of German Law.
   
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   African Law: The Philosophy of Law and Legal systems in Africa; Development of the Common Law in Africa; Judicial Development of Customary Law in Africa.
   
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   Islamic Law: Origins and Development; Sources, Schools of Islamic Law; The spread of Islamic Law in Africa; The Court System; Modern Developments.
   
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    The Formation of Legal Elite: Origins, Growth and Role of the Modern Legal Profession.
    

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   Concept, History and Developnent of Nuclear Energy
   

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   Nature, Basic Principles and Sources of Nuclear Law
   

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   The Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
   

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   Environmental Safety Considerations in Nuclear Energy
   

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   Nuclear Risks and Insurance
   

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   National Legislative and Regulatory Framework
   

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   Nature, Evolution and Basic Features of the Law of Outer Space
   

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   Sources of the Law of Outer Space
   

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   International Legal Principles Applicable to Outer Space
   

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   Commercial Utilization of Outer Space
   

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   Legal Framework for Commercialization
   

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   The Future of Space Law and Space Commercialization
   

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   What is legal pluralism?
   
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   How can a truly pluralistic legal system be attained?
   
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   What is Received Law? What is Customary or Traditional Law?
   
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   What happens when received law and Customary Law/Traditional Law Exist within the same society?
   
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   What is the nature of traditional African Law? Contrast this with the characteristics of the Received law.
   
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   How is African Law different and/or the same as the Received Law?
   
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   Is there a theory of African Law?
   
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   Customary Land tenure;
   
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   Family relations under Customary Law
   

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   Citizenship
   
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   Foundations of immigration power
   
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   Sources of Federal immigration power
   
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   Federal and State government power to classify non-citizens
   
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   Admission and inadmissibility
   
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   Constitutional limits
   
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   Grounds of inadmissibility
   
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   Due process in the context of admissibility
   
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   Removal power
   
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    Constitutional limits on removal power
    
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    Grounds for deportation
    
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    Detention
    
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    Employers sanction and anti-discrimination
    
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    Judicial review
    
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    Overview of the international refugee legal regime including the Refugee Convention and Protocol, Customary International Law and International Human Rights instruments and institutional framework
    
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    The definition of refugee in the 1951 Convention by reference to comparative jurisprudence from leading common law courts, focusing on the most controversial contemporary aspects of the definition.
    
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    The regime of rights protection provided in the Convention including the principal Conventions.
    
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    Proposals and options for reform of the international refugee regime.
    

Licenses: bare, contractual, license acted upon, co-habitees; distinction between license and lease; laws applicable to different types of leases, tenancy at will, periodic tenancy, term certain, service occupancy and service tenancy; Recovery of Premises Law; Rent Control and Recovery of Residential Premises Law; creation of leases; part performance, the Rule in Walsh v Lonsdale, impact of the Land Use Act on creation of leases; effect of death and assignment on the relationship between landlord and tenant; issues in rent control: contest between law of economics and statute law; covenants in leases; landlord’s obligation to keep premises in habitable state; tenant’s obligation to use premises in a husband-like manner; restrictive covenants; covenant against parting with and sharing of possession, subletting and assignment; rent, mesne profits, damages for use and occupation; forfeiture, waiver, relief from forfeiture; jurisdiction of courts; special courts for recovery of possession; procedural issues relating to recovery of possession; recovery of possession through self-remedy; surrender; notice to quit; effluxion of term; merger; seven-day notice; security of tenure - parliamentary intervention to protect tenants; statutory tenancy and tolerated trespassers.