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Rethinking the property rights of spouses on civil marriage breakdown in Nigeria : inspiration from other countriesEfe, Chinedu Justin January 2017 (has links)
This thesis establishes that the redistribution of “matrimonial property” upon civil marriage breakdown is alien to Nigerian Family Law. A complete separation of property system operates in Nigeria. Comparatively, the thesis determines the suitability of some legal precepts existing in Australia, England and South Africa and how they could be employed in Nigeria. While Australia, England and South Africa have progressed with the tides and dynamism of the society, Nigerian law has remained unresponsive to the plight of spouses (especially female spouses) who are mostly financially disadvantaged on marriage breakdown. A default matrimonial property system, which is akin to the accrual system in South Africa, is proposed. The proposed matrimonial property system will preserve the independence and equality of spouses during marriage and upon its breakdown. A case is made for the recognition and enforcement of marital property agreements which will aid spouses in deciding how the financial and property aspects of their marriage will be regulated. The thesis, however, supports the recognition of the redistribution power of the courts, notwithstanding the matrimonial property system in operation. The courts’ discretion, in this regard, must be exercised sparingly, only when the justice of each case demands it. The need to give sufficient weight and valuable considerations to the indirect contributions of a homemaker and caregiver vis-à-vis the contributions of the breadwinner is advanced. The thesis takes the standpoint that concepts of equity and trust could play a vital role in the determination of the property rights of spouses on civil marriage breakdown. It concludes that there is a need to develop and improve the present legal framework on the property rights of spouses on civil marriage breakdown in Nigeria. / Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Centre for Human Rights / LLD / Unrestricted
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Critical overview of the application of the default system in South Africa's matrimonial property regimesJassiem, Mogammad Shamiel January 2010 (has links)
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Critical overview of the application of the default system in South Africa's matrimonial property regimesJassiem, Mogammad Shamiel January 2010 (has links)
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Critical overview of the application of the default system in South Africa's matrimonial property regimesJassiem, Mogammad Shamiel January 2010 (has links)
Magister Legum - LLM / South Africa
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The need for a flexible and discretionary system of marital property distribution in the South African law of divorceLowndes, Gillian Claire 11 1900 (has links)
Substantive gender equality has yet to be achieved in South Africa. As such, when a decision is made for one of the spouses to a civil marriage to stay at home and care for the children born of the marriage, or make career sacrifices to care for children, that spouse is usually the wife. As a result, while the husband continues to amass wealth and grow his earning potential, the wife is unable to do so. In circumstances where such spouses are married out of community of property or subject to the accrual system with onerous exclusion clauses in the antenuptial contract, the wife may be left with little more than a claim for rehabilitative maintenance in the event of a divorce. The courts only have the discretion to make an equitable distribution of marital property in civil marriages with complete separation of property concluded prior to 1 November 1984 (or 2 December 1988) and customary marriages. It is arguable that this limitation of the judicial discretion violates the equality clause contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. A broad judicial discretion to equitably redistribute the spouses’ assets upon divorce is therefore proposed in this dissertation. / Private Law / LL.M.
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The need for a flexible and discretionary system of marital property distribution in the South African law of divorceLowndes, Gillian Claire 11 1900 (has links)
Substantive gender equality has yet to be achieved in South Africa. As such, when a decision is made for one of the spouses to a civil marriage to stay at home and care for the children born of the marriage, or make career sacrifices to care for children, that spouse is usually the wife. As a result, while the husband continues to amass wealth and grow his earning potential, the wife is unable to do so. In circumstances where such spouses are married out of community of property or subject to the accrual system with onerous exclusion clauses in the antenuptial contract, the wife may be left with little more than a claim for rehabilitative maintenance in the event of a divorce. The courts only have the discretion to make an equitable distribution of marital property in civil marriages with complete separation of property concluded prior to 1 November 1984 (or 2 December 1988) and customary marriages. It is arguable that this limitation of the judicial discretion violates the equality clause contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. A broad judicial discretion to equitably redistribute the spouses’ assets upon divorce is therefore proposed in this dissertation. / Private Law / LL. M.
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