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Item Restorative justice and its reflections in the administration of justice under Nigerian customary law(2016) Akinbola, B. R.The quest for justice is a basic human attribute from time immemorial. British colonization and its adversarial system of justice, met the administration of customary law which served the purpose of justice in Nigeria from time immemorial, characterized by community participation, flexibility, absence of rigid procedure and technicalities, speedy dispensation of justice and absence of courts in the English fashion, but efficient and trusted by the people it bound. Restorative justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior through stakeholder-driven cooperative processes that bring all willing stakeholders to meet to resolve their differences. This article argued that restorative justice is not new to Nigeria as it reflects attributes of the Nigerian customary law. There are common attributes shared by both systems, including participation of the offender, offended and the community, non-adversary resolution of conflict, focus on repair and restoration of peace rather than punishment, technicalities recognition of the victim of crime rather than the state as a principal party. It recommended better dispensation of justice in Nigeria through leveraging on the common attributes shared by the administration of customary law and restorative justice.Item Customary law, the environment and sustainable development(2019) Ilesanmi, S. I."The environment is one of the essential sources for human sustainability. Although the concept of environment is a very wide one, the nexus between customary law and the environment is of great importance. Customary law has been deemed to be of no direct link with the environment and sustainable development. This article considers the linkage and importance of the three concepts, though with wider jurisprudential debates. This article strictly considers importance of customary law to environment and sustainable development in Nigeria as well as United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) on the need to engage the indigenous people on achieving basic sustainable development goals. The article uses both indigenous people as well as native people to derive home the importance of the peoples‟ customs and beliefs. To achieve the goals of sustainable development in Nigeria, there is need to incorporate customary laws in Nigeria. The contributions of indigenous people at various ethnic setting in Nigeria are very important, because these people are the custodians of the customary laws which have been made applicable over times on certain aspects of the environment"