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English law in West Africa: The limits of its application.

Many people know that English law has been received in the four countries of West Africa, namely. The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria; but few people realise that English law applies in West Africa "so far only as the limits of the local jurisdiction and local circumstances permit and subject to any existing or future local Ordinance". The object of this thesis, therefore, is to show the limits placed on the application of English law in West Africa. It is divided into four train parts. Part One deals with the evolution of the judicial systems which are modelled on the English pattern.…