This article considers the impact of land grab on the promotion of gender inequality within the Nigerian pluralistic legal order. It examines the interface between customary law and statute law in the determination of land ownership and access in Nigeria. It makes two key arguments. (1) While legal pluralism presents opportunities for curtailing the excesses of customary law, it has often resulted in the dominant legal system – statute law – fostering gender inequality in a manner that is beyond the capacity of the so-called barbaric customary laws. (2) The capacity of law to effectively address the problem of gender inequality within the context of land grab is very limited, because the nature of most land grab-related activities that promote gender inequality are appropriately legal and it is their unintended consequences that undermine women’s rights. The article argues for an effective use of the political process to complement legal interventions.

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多元法律秩序中的土地争夺，财产权和性别平等：尼日利亚的视角

本文考虑了在尼日利亚多元化的法律秩序中，抢地对促进性别不平等的影响。它在确定尼日利亚的土地所有权和使用权时，考察了习惯法和成文法之间的关系。它提出了两个关键论点。（1）虽然法律多元化为减少习惯法的过剩提供了机会，但它常常导致占主导地位的法律体系-成文法-加剧性别不平等，其方式超出了所谓的野蛮习惯法的能力。（2）法律在征地范围内有效解决性别不平等问题的能力非常有限，因为大多数促进性别不平等的与土地掠夺有关的活动的性质都是适当的法律，正是这些意想不到的后果破坏了妇女的权利。文章主张有效利用政治程序来补充法律干预措施。