Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study

The concept of globalisation is commonly discussed as an issue in international law. However, little attention is paid to its influence in domestic family law. As a result of the growing trend of globalisation, legal and cultural norms of the host culture and the foreign culture are fused, thereby,...

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Main Authors:	Imam-Tamim, Mohd Kamal, Mohd Zin, Najibah, Ibrahim, Norliah, Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
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Published:	Routledge-Taylor & Francis 2016
Subjects:	K Law (General)
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spelling	iium-511392017-07-05T01:25:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51139/ Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study Imam-Tamim, Mohd Kamal Mohd Zin, Najibah Ibrahim, Norliah Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina K Law (General) The concept of globalisation is commonly discussed as an issue in international law. However, little attention is paid to its influence in domestic family law. As a result of the growing trend of globalisation, legal and cultural norms of the host culture and the foreign culture are fused, thereby, leading to cultural homogenisation or cultural hybridisation, depending on the level of accommodation of the foreign norm by the host norm. One of the areas where hybridisation or homogenisation of cultural and legal norms manifests, especially in African countries including Nigeria, is in the marriage system, particularly in the conclusion of marriage contracts. In Nigeria, one of the impacts of cultural hybridisation is the evolvement of multi-tiered marriage, where a couple combines marriages under the statute law, customary law and religious law, especially Islamic law. This paper is an exploratory study of how globalisation impacts on how and why multi-tiered marriage is contracted in contemporary Nigeria. The paper also briefly discusses how the combination of marriages as a response to globalisation affects the operation of family law rules in Nigeria as well as the rights of the parties involved, especially the women. Routledge-Taylor & Francis 2016-06-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51139/1/51139_-_Impact_of_globalisation_on_domestic_family_law.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51139/4/51139_Impact%20of%20globalisation%20on%20domestic%20family%20law_MYRA.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51139/5/51139_Impact%20of%20globalisation%20on%20domestic%20family%20law_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51139/6/51139_Impact%20of%20globalisation%20on%20domestic%20family%20law_WOS.pdf Imam-Tamim, Mohd Kamal and Mohd Zin, Najibah and Ibrahim, Norliah and Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina (2016) Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 48 (2). pp. 256-272. ISSN 0732-9113 E-ISSN 2305-9931 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07329113.2016.1187053?journalCode=rjlp20 10.1080/07329113.2016.1187053
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description	The concept of globalisation is commonly discussed as an issue in international law. However, little attention is paid to its influence in domestic family law. As a result of the growing trend of globalisation, legal and cultural norms of the host culture and the foreign culture are fused, thereby, leading to cultural homogenisation or cultural hybridisation, depending on the level of accommodation of the foreign norm by the host norm. One of the areas where hybridisation or homogenisation of cultural and legal norms manifests, especially in African countries including Nigeria, is in the marriage system, particularly in the conclusion of marriage contracts. In Nigeria, one of the impacts of cultural hybridisation is the evolvement of multi-tiered marriage, where a couple combines marriages under the statute law, customary law and religious law, especially Islamic law. This paper is an exploratory study of how globalisation impacts on how and why multi-tiered marriage is contracted in contemporary Nigeria. The paper also briefly discusses how the combination of marriages as a response to globalisation affects the operation of family law rules in Nigeria as well as the rights of the parties involved, especially the women.
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author	Imam-Tamim, Mohd Kamal Mohd Zin, Najibah Ibrahim, Norliah Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
author_facet	Imam-Tamim, Mohd Kamal Mohd Zin, Najibah Ibrahim, Norliah Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
author_sort	Imam-Tamim, Mohd Kamal
title	Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study
title_short	Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study
title_full	Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study
title_fullStr	Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study
title_sort	impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in nigeria as a case study
publisher	Routledge-Taylor & Francis
publishDate	2016
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Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study

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