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The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country. There are four distinct legal systems in Nigeria: *English law which is derived from its colonial past with Britain; *Common law, a development of its post colonial independence; *Customary law which is derived from indigenous traditional norms and practice, including the dispute resolution meetings of pre-colonial Yorubaland secret societies and the Èkpè and Okónkò of Igboland and Ibibioland; *Sharia (Islamic) law, used only in the predominantly Muslim north of the country. Civil sharia law has always been enshrined in the various Nigerian constitutions since independence. The most recent constitution came into effect in 1999. With the return of the country to democratic rule in 1999, some of the predominantly Muslim northern states have instituted full sharia law (criminal and civil). Full sharia law was first passed into law in Zamfara in late 1999 and the law came into effect in January 2000. Since then eleven other states have followed suit. These states are Kano, Katsina, Niger, Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Gombe, Sokoto, Jigawa, Yobe, and Kebbi. The country has a judicial branch, the highest court of which is the Supreme Court of Nigeria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Africa :: Nigeria )〕 ==Hierarchy of the Nigerian Legal System== The Nigerian constitution recognizes courts as either Federal or State courts. A primary difference between both is that the President appoints Justices/Judges to federal courts, while State Governors appoint Judges to state courts. All appointments (federal or state) are based on the recommendations of the National Judicial Council. The Federal courts are: the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court. The State courts include: the High Court of a State, the Customary Court of Appeal of a State and the Sharia Court of Appeal of a State. Each of the states (currently thirty-six) is constitutionally allowed to have all of these courts. However, the predominantly muslim northern states tend to have Sharia courts rather than Customary courts. The predominantly christian southern states tend to have Customary courts and not Sharia courts. Due to the fact that the Nigerian capital (known as Abuja or The Federal Capital Territory, FCT) is not a state, it has no Governor. It's courts that are equivalent to the state courts have their Judges appointed by the President and are thus federal courts. The FCT courts are: the High Court of the FCT, the Customary Court of Appeal of the FCT and the Sharia Court of Appeal of the FCT. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Law of Nigeria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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