THE INTERACTION OF LAW AND RELIGION IN CENTRAL NIGERIAN SOCIETIES
THE INTERACTION OF LAW AND RELIGION IN CENTRAL NIGERIAN SOCIETIES

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the interaction of Law and Religion in the central societies of Nigeria. Legal and religious orientations are inseparable as they both deal with the maintenance of order despite struggle for power and disputes, how rights are enforced and wrongdoing are redressed. The legal and justice system in the community derives its power and authority from the religious belief of the people. The elders of the community are the custodians of the legal and judicial matters of the society. the indigenous judicial system believe in the immediate punishment of a culprit of an offense while for the foreign religions punishment are believed to come later in life or after death.

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