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Perspectives on the Nigerian Legal Profession and Judicial Corruption

It examines the involvement of judges, lawyers and judiciary staff in judicial corruption and also considers the code of conduct in the legal profession in Nigeria. It further examines the role of the Judicial Service Commission, National Judicial Council and the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee in the discipline of members of the legal profession. This chapter concludes that whenever any member of the legal profession is found culpable or in breach of the code of conduct or rules of professional conduct, as the case may be, it is not sufficient for him to be dismissed from his judic…