LEGISLATION
| Published date | 01 April 1957 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1957.tb01104.x |
| Date | 01 April 1957 |
1 0 8 JO UR NA L OF AF RIC AN A DM INI STR AT IO N
Th e In st it ute , w hic h is as soc iat ed w ith M ak erer e C ollege , th e U ni ve rsit y
Col lege of E as t A fric a, is o ne of th ree in st itu tes fo r r ese arc h i n t he so cial
sc ienc es w hic h wer e s et up a fte r t he S eco nd Wo rld W ar o n t he re com m en da tion
of th e C olo nial S ocia l S cien ce R ese arc h C ounc il of t he C olo nial Off ice,* 2 a nd
fin an ced fr om Col onial De vel opm en t an d W el fare fun ds. Th e o the r tw o in sti
tu te s a re t he W e st A fri can a nd th e W es t In dia n In st itu te s of S oci al an d
Ec ono mi c Re se arc h w hic h f orm p ar t o f th e U niv er sity Co llege of Ib ad a n in
W es tern N ige ria an d th e U niv er sit y C olleg e of the W es t I nd ies in J am aic a,
re spe cti vel y. In a dd iti on t her e is th e Rh od es- Liv ing sto ne I ns ti tu te in L us aka ,
N or the rn Rho de sia, w hi ch th ou gh fo un de d in 1938 h as ex pa nd ed si nce th e wa r
w ith th e he lp of Co loni al D eve lop m ent an d W elf are fun ds.
Th e E as t Afr ica n In st itu te has d ev elop ed u nd er th e di sti ng uis hed l ead ers hip
of th re e D ir ect ors , Dr. W. H . St an ner f rom 1948 to 1950, D r. A ud rey R ic har ds
fro m 19 50 to 19 56, a nd Dr . L . A. F alle rs, th e p re sen t D ire cto r. D ur ing the
fir st tw o ye ars D r. St an ne r ma de a s urv ey of Ea st A fri ca re sea rch p rio rit ies in
th e soc ial scie nce s, whi ch ¡sa ved th e way f or res ear ch d urin g th e ne xt five y ear s
in a nth ro pol og y, s ocio logy , l ingu ist ics, ec ono mi cs a nd ps ych olo gy. P ro jec ts
in clu ded tr iba l, u rba n, c om p ara tiv e a nth ro pol og ica l a nd lin gui siti c st udie s,
ec ono mics a nd eco nom ic h isto ry , p syc ho logy , a nd d em og rap hy a nd s ocia l
stat is ti cs .
A li st o f m or e th a n fi fty p ub lic atio ns , w hic h ha ve b een pu bli she d o r are in
pr ep ar ati on b y the I ns tit ut e or by fello ws of t he In st itu te , is gi ven in th e rep ort .
Th ese in clu de a seri es o f ni ne oc cas iona l p ap ers cal led E as t A f ric a n St ud ie s,
bo oks , lin gu isti c re por ts, an d re po rts an d o the r ste nci lled do cum en ts.
Th e re po rt co nclu des w ith a li st of fello ws an d ass oci ates o f th e I ns tit ut e and
a no te on th e fo rm al pro ced ur e to en abl e r ese arc h wo rke rs in th e soci al scien ces
wh o a re co min g to E as t A fri ca t o b eco me as soc iat ed w it h t he In st itu te .
L E G IS L A TI O N
I. La w
Nig e r ia (No r t h e r n Re g i o n )
M os le m C ou rt o f A pp e al L a w
N o. 10 o f 19 56
Th is law , lik e the N at ive Cou rts L aw of 1956 ,' wa s p asse d in a cco rda nce wi th
th e re com m en da tion s of th e R epo rt o f t he N at ive Cou rts (N orth er n Pr ovin ces)
Co mm issi on of E nq uir y, w hic h was m ad e by Mr. J . N. B roo ke i n 195 1.2 T hat
re po rt dis cus sed th e diff icul ties of a c ase bei ng tri ed u nd er one law a nd re view ed
un de r an ot he r “ es pec iall y i f s ome of th e me mb ers o f t he a ppe al co ur t hav e ha d
no pre vio us exp erie nce of M oh am me dan la w” , an d f inal ly re co mm en de d th at
a M osle m C our t of A pp eal sho uld be e sta blis he d.
Th e la w un de r rev iew c arr ies o ut thi s re com m en dat ion an d pr ovi des for th e
es tab lis hm en t o f a Mos lem C our t of Ap pea l f or t he he ari ng of a pp eal s fr om
na tiv e co ur ts in case s g ov ern ed by M oslem l aw as def ined . It pr ov ides t ha t th e
Co urt s hal l c on sist o f a lka lai a nd a sses sors , th at t he C ou rt sh all be d uly c on sti '
tu te d f or h ea rin g a ppe als w ith one al kal i si tti ng wit h t wo or mo re a sses sors,
2See " T he In st itu t es o f Soc ial a nd Ec on om ic Re sea rch in t he Af ric an C olo nies >
Jo u rn a l o f A fr ic a n A d m in is tr at io n, Vo l. Il l, N o. 4, O cto be r 19 51, p . 178.
'S ee Jo u rn a l of A fr ic a n A dm in ist ra ti o n, V ol. V I II, N o. 4, O ct ob er 19 56, pa ge 213-
2See J o ur n a l o j A f ri c an A d m i ni st ra ti on , Vo l. V , N o. 2, A p ril 195 8, p ag e 80 .
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