The Shariah Conflict: An Insider View

Abstract

Sometimes significant changes begin with unnoticed events. It is believed that sociologist should not be caught idle when these significant changes emerge. This probably has to do with their conviction that human society itself is in motion. No society is static. It either moves forward, progressively or it relates backward retrogressively. Therefore it becomes imperative that if a society must progress then the totality of its values must conform to this doctrine of societal dynamism.



Nigeria as a case study, too, is a nation in motion. Its peoples tend to actualize their dreams through a lot of social changes. Thus, the habit and societal perception of Nigeria during colonialism can not be said to be the same in the postcolonial era. What were the societal values in the postcolonial era has been a subject of enormous change in this millennium. Talking about change. One institution that has been affected by this is the Nigerian legal system. The legal system during colonialism became affected by the independence of Nigerian in 1960. The military administration that succeeded the first republic has some impact on the legal system and thus both the political and economic organisation of Nigeria has brought a lot of changes into the legal system.



IFE PsychologIA Volume 9 no 3, 2001, pp. 38-43