Nigerian law encompasses the country's courts, offences, and range of legal sources. Nigeria has operated under its current constitution since it was established on 29 May 1999, and that constitution is the supreme law of the country. Four distinct legal systems operate within Nigeria: English law inherited from the colonial period, common law developed since independence, customary law, and Sharia law.
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Family classification carried over from this entity's own recorded SubLabel (Mixed and Hybrid Legal Systems), assigned under the section-legal-systems structure wave (ruling 761) using the CIA World Factbook / JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification (system.Atlas.DataBrief, law). This edge materializes that existing classification as a connective fact; it is not a new independent research finding.
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