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CSS 152 INTRODUCTION TO NIGERIA CRIMINAL LAW
2. Write short notes on the varieties of punishment which the law
has put in place for offenders.
4.0 CONCLUSION
In this unit, you have been exposed to the history and sources of
Criminal Laws in Nigeria. It has also sufficiently demonstrated that
nobody can be punished under the laws in Nigeria except the law is
written and punishment defined.
5.0 SUMMARY
This unit has revealed the facts that
Nigerian Criminal Law developed from English common law
The sources of Nigerian Criminal Law are technical statutes on
criminal matters as well as the Criminal Code and the Penal Code
and that case law is a secondary source.
There was in existence unwritten and indigenous laws in Nigeria
before the advent of British rule
The criminal law is instituted in order to regulate the conduct of
the citizens.
It is the nature of proceedings and the legal consequences which
follow particular conduct or omission which characterize the
nature of crime.
6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSINGMENT
Carefully trace the evolution of Criminal Law in Nigeria.
7.0 REFERENCES/FURTHER READING
Okonkwo & Naish (1990). Criminal Law in Nigeria. Ibadan: Spectrum
Law Publishing.
Karibi-Whyte, A.G. (1993). History and Sources of Nigerian Criminal
Law. Ibadan: Spectrum Law Publishing.
Williams, G. (1982). Learning the Law. London: Stevens and Sons.
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