Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model By O. Oko Elechi. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Abstract

The book Doing Justice Without the State: The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model, vividly explains an essentially home-grown methodology of justice devoid of the rancour and violence of the western model despite the latters imposition. Elechi successfully shows that the widespread perception of African justice system as oppressive and simplistic(and) not capable of respecting the rights of women, suspects and other litigants (6) is a misconceived notion.