Family Law: Spectrum Law Series

Description

Family Law is for students in degree courses and those taking professional examinations. It is also of value to practitioners of Nigerian Family Law. It is concerned with rights and obligations governing the relationship of husband and wife and of parent and child under the dual Family Law.

Discussion of legal rules is preceded by their historical analysis. It also discusses the dual court system in the administration of the dualistic Family Law. Consideration is given to the reasons for changes in the law and the reform of the adjudicating courts. Consequently, there is substantial reference to up-to-date case law and legislations on Family Law and the specific courts administering them. The book indicates wherever necessary, the line of reforms which may be taken in future. Special features of this book include commentary on the reality of some aspects of the Nigerian dualistic Family Law and attention to areas of professional and academic debate.

About the Author Born in Eastern Nigeria, Dr. M. Onokah obtained her London GCE in 1975. She attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she was awarded Diploma in Social Work in 1979, after a spell as a Medical Social Work Assistant at UNTH. She then studied at the London Guildhall University (ex City of London Polytechnic), the University of London and the University of Birmingham where she was respectively awarded B.A. (Law) (Hons) 1983; LLM 1984; and Ph.D (Law) 1995. Modern requirements necessitated her doing a Certificate Court IT & Management at the Middlesex University, U.K. in 1994/95.

Having lived much of her adult life in the United Kingdom and while in pursuit of her academics, she intermittently worked in different Government Departments, Private Sector and Legal Firms as Administrative Officer, Law Tutor, Legal Assistant, Family Mediator (within the meaning of the English Family Law Act, 1996) and as Legal Consultant.