THE FORMAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE:

About the Book

The book is an extract from my doctorate degree thesis dealing with the formal requirements for the celebration of marriage: a comparative study of canon law, Nigerian statutory law, and customary law. It is universally recognized that consent of parties brings about marriage. But for consent to result in marriage, it must be validly exchanged/manifested. Formal requirements for marriage celebration deals with valid exchange of consent. The work thus concentrates on what makes a valid matrimonial consent under the Nigerian law.

About the Author

The author is a Roman Catholic priest, a canon lawyer, and a legal practitioner in Nigeria. He holds bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Urban University, Rome, and LLB and BL from the University of Lagos and the Nigerian Law School, respectively. He also holds JCL and JCD from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome. Currently, he teaches canon law at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, and serves as one of the judges at the Onitsha Inter-diocesan Marriage Tribunal in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria.