Class Based Criminal Justice Regime, Supermarket Courts, and Illicit Interests: The Nigerian Criminal Justice Administration System in Critical Perspective

A.E. Akintayo

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Chapter 10 Class Based Criminal Justice Regime, Supermarket Courts, and Illicit Interests: The Nigerian Criminal Justice Administration System in Critical Perspective

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Pages:: 234–258

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004396289_012

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Nigeria is notorious for bribery, corruption, and organised crimes, among other challenges confronting the country. Scholars have attempted to trace the root causes of the problem to several sources. The main argument of this chapter is that the analysis of the cause(s) of corruption and organised crime in Nigeria is incomplete without an examination of the contribution of the inherited class-based criminal justice system in Nigeria. This chapter, therefore, has analysed how the class-based criminal justice system, inherited from England, has contributed to the present rot in Nigeria. The submission is that it has fostered the illicit interests and corruption of the political and ruling elite and their cohorts in Nigeria through a compromised judiciary. The chapter discusses the symbiotic relationship between the class-based criminal law regime, the illicit interests of the wealthy or the monied class in Nigeria, and corruption by some members of the Nigerian judiciary.

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Crime, Law and Society in Nigeria

Essays in Honour of Stephen Ellis

Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, Volume: 37

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Print Publication Date:: 30 Apr 2019

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