Customary law, state courts, and the notion of institutionalization of norms in Ghana and Nigeria

People's Law and State Law: The Bellagio Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 143-164

  Woodman, Gordon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110866285     Document Type: Chapter

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