Meaning and sources of family law; (a) Nature of
family including the extended family system, (b) the nature and sources of
Nigerian family law (c) concepts of gender and sex; contract to marry; capacity
to marry; nature, form and incidence of
marriage under customary / Islamic law (d) contract and celebration of marriage
, formal and essential validity of statutory marriage essential validity of
marriage; celebration of marriage; legal effects, of marriage; status of
marriage celebrated abroad; matrimonial causes – nullity and dissolution of
marriage; judicial separation; restitution of conjugal rights; jurisdictional issues;
double decker marriages
- Teacher: Christiana Attah