{"id":1963,"date":"2019-10-08T07:10:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T07:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectstore.com.ng\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2019-10-08T07:10:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T07:10:41","slug":"an-appraisal-of-legal-plurarism-in-the-administration-of-criminal-justice-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawstudentprojectpdf.projectstore.com.ng\/an-appraisal-of-legal-plurarism-in-the-administration-of-criminal-justice-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"AN APPRAISAL OF LEGAL PLURARISM IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN NIGERIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN APPRAISAL OF LEGAL PLURARISM IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN NIGERIA<\/p>\n

ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is trite beyound any equivocation that the Nigerian society is made up of people with diverse cultures, behaviours and ways of life. When the British came as colonial masters, they understood this and before they departed in October 1960, they devised ways of accommodating the inherent differences in the cultures of the North and South by ultimately creating two distinct Criminal Justice Systems, the Penal and Criminal Procedure Codes System for the North and the Criminal Code\/Criminal Procedure Act System for the South. This was based on the premise that there was the need to respect the people\u201fs diverse cultures, religions and ways of life. When the Country returned to civilian rule in 1999, some States decided to re-introduce the Islamic Criminal Justice System by enacting the Shari\u201fa<\/em> Penal Codes and the Shari\u201fa<\/em> Criminal Procedure Codes. Consequently, Nigeria became a federation with plural criminal justice systems. Although the three different systems of criminal justice administration have been complementing one another, the problem, however, is that their parallel existence in the administration of Nigeria\u201fs criminal justice has largely been characterized by conflicts and inconsistencies. This research, therefore, appraises legal pluralism in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria. In so doing, the research work adopts doctrinal as well as empirical methods of research. The sources of information relied upon include relevant Textbooks, Statutes, Articles in Journals, Case Law, Internet Materials as well as Data retrieved from Questionnaires issued to respondents on legal pluralism in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria. The research work finds that multiplicity of substantive and adjectival criminal laws, procedural differences, nature of punishments and differences of enforcement mechanisms has largely been the challenges of legal pluralism in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria. The research work concludes by recommending that the General Criminal Justice System (English – Styled Criminal Laws) comprising of the Penal\/Criminal Procedure Codes and the Criminal Code\/Criminal procedure Act should be unified while the Islamic Criminal Justice System should be harmonised and applied separately to only Muslims, thus enhancing limited legal pluralism. It also recommends that the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 should be adopted and domesticated as the procedural law by the States in Nigeria, with modification to suit their respective peculiarities, with respect to the general criminal justice system (English – Styled Criminal Laws).<\/p>\n

TABLE OF CONTENTS
\nTitle Page \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 i
\nDeclaration \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 ii
\nDedication \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 iii
\nCertification \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 iv
\nAcknowledgement \u2026 \u2026 \u2026. \u2026 v
\nTable of Cases \u2026 \u2026 \u2026..\u2026 \u2026.. \u2026 vi
\nTable of Statutes \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 ix
\nAbstract \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 xi
\nTable of Contents \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 xii<\/p>\n

CHAPTER ONE<\/p>\n

GENERAL INTRODUCTION
\n1.1 Background to the Study \u2026 \u2026\u2026. 1
\n1.2 Statement of the Problems \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 6
\n1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Research \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 8
\n1.4 Justification of the Research \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 8
\n1.5 Scope of the Research \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 9
\n1.6 Research Methodology \u2026. \u2026 \u2026 9
\n1.7 Literature Review \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 12
\n1.8 Organizational Layout \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 21
\nxii
\nCHAPTER TWO<\/p>\n

CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF SOME KEY TERMS<\/p>\n

2.1 Introduction \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 23
\n2.2 Legal Pluralism \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 23
\n2.3 Administration of Justice \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 27
\n2.4 Criminal Justice System \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 28
\n2.5 Islamic Criminal Justice System \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 32
\n2.6 The Shari\u201fa Penal Code \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 33<\/p>\n

CHAPTER THREE<\/p>\n

AN APPRAISAL OF THE GRNERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (ENGLISH – STYLED) IN NIGERIA<\/p>\n

3.1 Introduction \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 34
\n3.2 Brief History of the Penal\/Criminal Codes and Criminal Procedure Code\/Criminal
\nProcedure Act \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 36
\n3.3 Agitation for Harmonisation of the Penal\/Criminal Codes \u2026 38
\n3.4 Consideration of Some Provisions of the Penal and Criminal Codes that can be
\nHarmonised \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 40
\n3.4.1 Defences Negating Criminal Intent \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 41
\n3.4.2 Offences against Persons \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 54
\n3.4.3 Offences against Property \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 57
\nxiii
\n3.4.4 Offences against Public Order\/Peace \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 61
\n3.5 Offences that cannot be Harmonised \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 62
\n3.6 The Administration of criminal Justice Act 2015 \u2026 \u2026.. 65
\n3.7 Application of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 \u2026\u2026 66
\n3.8 Examination of Some Provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015\u202667
\n3.9 Challenges of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 \u2026 84<\/p>\n

CHAPTER FOUR<\/p>\n

AN APPRAISAL OF THE ISLAMIC CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA<\/p>\n

4.1 Introduction \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 87
\n4.2 Brief History of Islamic Criminal Justice System in Nigeria \u2026 \u2026 88
\n4.3 The General Characteristics of the Shari\u201fa Penal Codes \u2026 \u2026 93
\n4.4 Distinctive Features of the Shari\u201fa Penal Codes \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 102
\n4.5 The Shari\u201fa Criminal Procedure Code \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 103
\n4.6 Problems and Challenges in the Application of Islamic Criminal Justice System in
\nNigeria \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 104
\n4.6.1 The Constitutionality or otherwise of the Islamic Criminal Justice System in
\nNigeria \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 105
\n4.6.2 The Relevancy and Efficacy of the Reforms introduced in the Shari\u201fa States\u201f
\nJudiciary \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 114
\n4.6.3 The Appellate Criminal Jurisdiction of the Shari\u201fa Court of Appeal \u2026. 115
\nxiv
\n4.6.4 Confusion, Problems and Conflicts of the State of the Law on the Appellate Criminal
\nJurisdiction of the Shari\u201fa Court of Appeal \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 126
\n4.6.5 Enforcement and Execution of Judgements of Shari\u201fa Courts based on the Shari\u201fa Penal
\nCode \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026. 131<\/p>\n

4.7 Prospects of the Application of Islamic Criminal Justice System in Nigeria \u2026136<\/p>\n

CHAPTER FIVE<\/p>\n

AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN NIGERIA<\/p>\n

5.1 Introduction \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 139
\n5.2 The Nigeria Police Force \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026.. 139
\n5.3 General Duties and Role of the Nigeria Police in the Administration of Criminal Justice
\nin Nigeria \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 140
\n5.4 The Criminal Courts \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 172<\/p>\n

5.4.1 Hierarchy and Jurisdiction of the Courts in Criminal Matters \u2026.. 173
\n5.4.2 The Supreme Court of Nigeria \u2026\u2026. \u2026\u2026\u2026. \u2026. 174
\n5.4.3 The Court of Appeal \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026…. \u2026\u2026\u2026.. \u2026. 180
\n5.4.4 The Federal High Court \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. \u2026… 184
\n5.4.5 The High Court of a State \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026 185
\n5.4.6 The Magistrate Court \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026 189
\n5.4.7 The Area Court \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026. 197
\nxv
\n5.4.8 The Shari\u201fa Court \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026 201
\n5.5 The Nigerian Prison Services \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 205
\n5.6 The Office of the Attorney – General \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 215
\n5.7 The Institution of Hisbah \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 226
\n5.8 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) \u2026\u2026. 229
\n5.9 The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC)
\n\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. \u2026 \u2026\u2026.. 230
\n5.10 The Department of State Security (DSS) \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. \u2026\u2026\u2026.. 231<\/p>\n

CHAPTER SIX<\/p>\n

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS<\/p>\n

6.1 Introduction \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 \u2026\u2026\u2026.. \u2026\u2026 233
\n6.2 Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Respondents \u2026\u2026.. 233
\n6.3 General Knowledge among the Respondents on Legal Pluralism in the Administration of
\nCriminal Justice in Nigeria \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. \u2026\u2026\u2026 235
\n6.4 Respondents Responses on Legal Pluralism in the Administration of Criminal Justice in
\nNigeria \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. \u2026\u2026\u2026.. 237<\/p>\n

CHAPTER SEVEN<\/p>\n

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION<\/p>\n

7.1 Introduction \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 240<\/p>\n

7.2 Summary \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 240
\n7.3 Findings \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 245
\n7.4 Recommendations \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 248
\nBibliography \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 252
\nAppendix \u2026. \u2026. \u2026… 259<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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