The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria

Alternative dispute resolution has always been a panacea for access to justice and access to justice is any process or procedure that will make justice accessible, available and affordable. The elitist and technical litigation system has failed to respond with promptitude the societal quest for j...

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Main Authors:	Umar, Mohammed Amin, Abdul Wahab, Mohd Iqbal, Muhammed Zain, Najibah, Wan Muhammad, Ramizah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/58638/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58638/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/58638/1/58638.pdf

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spelling	iium-586382017-10-06T08:51:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58638/ The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria Umar, Mohammed Amin Abdul Wahab, Mohd Iqbal Muhammed Zain, Najibah Wan Muhammad, Ramizah K Law (General) Alternative dispute resolution has always been a panacea for access to justice and access to justice is any process or procedure that will make justice accessible, available and affordable. The elitist and technical litigation system has failed to respond with promptitude the societal quest for justice in the dawn of painful injustice. These realities exceedingly justified the establishment of the court connected ‘ADR’ processes in Nigeria. There is a universal consensus that one of the pervasive and endemic threat to global peace and development is domestic violence and has also bedevilled Nigeria and about to be declare a national malaise. This study seek to highlight the extent and severity of domestic violence and the need to be included in to purview of court connected ‘ADR’ system having satisfy the threshold severity of violence emerging from family/marital relationship. This study will also distinguish family/marital disputes from domestic violence and critique the jurisdiction of family court established without regard to the intricate complexities of family disputes and domestic violence. This study found that there is need to reposition the multi-door court house in both conceptual and structural paradigm with a view of integrating heterogeneous Nigeria and plural legal system. Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58638/1/58638.pdf Umar, Mohammed Amin and Abdul Wahab, Mohd Iqbal and Muhammed Zain, Najibah and Wan Muhammad, Ramizah (2017) The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria. In: International Conference on Dispute Resolution 2017 - Modern Trends in Effective Dispute Resolution, 9th-10th August 2017, Kuala Lumpur. https://icdr2017.org/
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description	Alternative dispute resolution has always been a panacea for access to justice and access to justice is any process or procedure that will make justice accessible, available and affordable. The elitist and technical litigation system has failed to respond with promptitude the societal quest for justice in the dawn of painful injustice. These realities exceedingly justified the establishment of the court connected ‘ADR’ processes in Nigeria. There is a universal consensus that one of the pervasive and endemic threat to global peace and development is domestic violence and has also bedevilled Nigeria and about to be declare a national malaise. This study seek to highlight the extent and severity of domestic violence and the need to be included in to purview of court connected ‘ADR’ system having satisfy the threshold severity of violence emerging from family/marital relationship. This study will also distinguish family/marital disputes from domestic violence and critique the jurisdiction of family court established without regard to the intricate complexities of family disputes and domestic violence. This study found that there is need to reposition the multi-door court house in both conceptual and structural paradigm with a view of integrating heterogeneous Nigeria and plural legal system.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Umar, Mohammed Amin Abdul Wahab, Mohd Iqbal Muhammed Zain, Najibah Wan Muhammad, Ramizah
author_facet	Umar, Mohammed Amin Abdul Wahab, Mohd Iqbal Muhammed Zain, Najibah Wan Muhammad, Ramizah
author_sort	Umar, Mohammed Amin
title	The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria
title_short	The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria
title_full	The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria
title_fullStr	The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria
title_sort	challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘adr’ processes in nigeria
publisher	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2017
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