Land Law in Nigeria

Land Law in Nigeria
Author: Adefi M. Olong
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788422640

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 tenancy; pledge; the law of property; an overview of the effect of the Land Use Act on customary ownership of land; The Nigerian Land Use Act; Land Use Act 1978; ways of declaration of title to land; legal mortgage; the position of landlord and tenant; the procedure for recovery of premises under the recovery of premises law; classification of right of occupancy; nature of prescription; march towards the reform of the Land Use Act.

Nigerian Land Law and Custom

Nigerian Land Law and Custom
Author: Taslim Olawale Elias
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1951
Genre: Law
ISBN:

An explication of the indigenous Nigerian system of land tenure through an examination of a growing body of case law. Chapters dealing with: the problems of ownership (crown, protectorate, etc); idigenous systems of tenure; alienation of land; servitudes, easements, profits, and restrictive covenants; inheritance and succession; and land registration.

Nigerian Land Law

Nigerian Land Law
Author: Taslim Olawale Elias
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1971
Genre: History
ISBN:

Textbook and commentary on customary and non-customary legislation relating to land tenure and land ownership in Nigeria.