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Vol 5, 2012
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The Influence of Common Law Advocates and Judges in the Sharī‛ah Adjudication: A
Critical Exposition of the Experience in Nigeria and...
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Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2224-3240 (Paper) ISSN 2224-3259 (Online)
Vol 5, 2012
1
The Influence of Common Law Advocates and Judges in the Sharī‛ah Adjudication: A
Critical Exposition of the Experience in Nigeria and Zanzibar
Mwinyi T.
Haji 1
Abdulfatai O.
Sambo 2
1.
LLB (Law & Sharī‛ah), MCL (IIUM), Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Sharī‛ah, Zanzibar University & PhD
Candidate, International Islamic University Malaysia.
2.
Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Lecturer, Department of Public Law, Faculty of
law, University of Ilorin-Nigeria and Ph.
D.
Candidate, Ahmad Ibrahim Faculty of Law, International Islamic
University Malaysia (IIUM).
E-mail of the corresponding author: fataisambo@yahoo.
com.
Abstract
A considerable influence of advocates and judges of common law training has been recorded over time in
adjudication of the Sharī‛ah disputes in Nigeria and Zanzibar.
This is due to the colonial heritage of the British
common
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