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Land Law in Nigeria : Second Edition.
This study, in nineteen chapters, deals with the various issues pertaining to land law in Nigeria. Namely: Concept of ownership; ownership and communal land holding under customary land tenure; individual land ownership; family land ownership; alienation under customary law; nature of customary tena...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stoke On Trent :
Malthouse Press, Stoke on Trent,
June 2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed., New edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page ; Copyright page ; Dedication ; Preface ; Cases cited ; Statutes ; Contents ; Chapter 1
- Land per se ; Any precise definition of land? ; Appraisal and critique of definitions of Land ; Whither the doctrine Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et da inferos and Quic quid plantatur solo, solo cedit? ; Understanding the Common Law concept of land ; Quic quid plantatur solo solo cedit and the rule of Customary land law in Nigeria ; Removal of Fixtures ; Sources of Nigerian Land Law ; Nigerian Legislation ; Chapter 2
- Concept of ownership.
- Methods of providing ownership of land The character of possession ; Chapter 3
- Ownership and communal land holding under customary land tenure ; Meaning of communal land ; Ownership of land by the community ; Origin of communal land ; Management of communal land ; Rigts of members to communal land ; Strangers as regard communal land ; Communal lands and contemporary developments ; Chapter 4
- Individual land ownership ; Defining individual land ownership ; Origin of individual land ownership ; Alienation of individual land ; Chapter 5
- Family land ownership ; What then is a family?
- Origin of family land Rights of members over family land ; Some explanatory terms/distinctions as regards family land ownership ; Chapter 6
- Alienation under customary law ; Acquisition of family land and its relevance to alienation ; Alienation of family land ; Requirement for a valid alienation of family land ; Void and voidable alienation ; Validity of sale of family land under customary law ; Chapter 7
- Customary tenancy ; Nature of customary tenancy ; Defining customary tenancy ; Terms associated with customary tenancy ; How customary tenancy can be created ; Classes of customary.
- Obligation of the overlord Rights of the overlord ; Duties of the customary tenant ; How customary tenancy can be determined ; Forfeiture re-defined ; Chapter 8
- Pledge ; Definitional clarification ; Essentials of a pledge ; Reasons for pledge ; Comparison between a lien, mortgage and pledge ; Rights of a pledge ; Duties of the pledge ; Perpetual redeemability of a pledge ; Absence of written documents as evidence ; Unauthorized alienation by the pledgee ; Chapter 9
- The law of property: definition of terms ; Classification of property.
- Chapter 10
- An overview of the effect of Land Use Act on customary ownership of land Persons in occupation before the coming into effect of the Land Use Act 1978 ; The need for Governor's consent before the alienation of land under the Land Use Act ; Governor's power of revocation of statutory right of occupancy and customary right of occupancy ; Effect of the Act on the jurisdiction of court with respect to land matters ; Chapter 11
- The Nigerian Land Use Act, 1978: x-raying emerging controversies ; Constitutional incorporation controversy ; Expropiation controversy.