Family Law
- Course Code:
- 155200006
- Year of study:
- Year 2
Scope and syllabus
The Family and legal system; sources of the law of the family in the legal systems of selected countries: Africa or Asia. The nature and the different forms of marriages: formation of a valid marriage; the effect of a valid marriage on the status of the parties and on property; dissolution of marriage. The law relating to parent and child: including guardianship, adoption and affiliation.
Where appropriate, the received laws, local statutory laws, religious and customary laws in the field of marriage and domestic relations, their comparison and interaction will be studied. The course includes the law of family property and succession and both the traditional and modern law will be studied.
