In this brief note, I have attempted a general survey of legal development in Nigeria between the years 1957 and 1967. The period covered is three years before independence and some seven years after.

II serait vain de sous-estimer la profondeur et la force des courants qui poussent le continent africain vers une balkanisation juridique. De tous temps, le droit traditionnel a donné l’exemple de la plus grande fragmentation.

Civil wrongs among Somalis are governed by customary law. Somalis have traditionally been pastoral nomads, and their customary law has been closely related to their social organization.

The object of this paper is to throw some light on the attitude of the courts to exemption clauses and to find out whether the difference between the Sudan and England in some of the relevant factors such as economic conditions, literacy and business awareness had led to results different from those achieved in England. The case-law available does not permit a comprehensive study of this interesting area of the law.