HARMONIZATION OF BUSINESS LAWS IN AFRICA: THE CONFLUENCE OF OUADA AND NIGERIA COMPANY LAW
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The eradication of mass poverty is the greatest challenge facing contemporary Africa. The direct result of our history has been the fragmentation of the continent into small and barely viable political and economic states. The fall out of this balkanization is the underdevelopmen…
REFLECTIONS ON RESOURCE CONFLICT AND POLITICO-LEGAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA'S JURISPRUDENCE
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The struggle to control resources shows a particular kind of struggle, a historical but human conflict. It is an age long conflict of contro! of one man over the next man. It is a conflict over the ownership and control of resources. This conflict, over the centuries, has adopted…
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF POVERTY ON ELECTION, RULE OF LAW AND CRIMINALITY IN NIGERIA
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In any decent society the world over, there should be a system that allows for descent existence. In such a system, there must exist a government that is responsive and accountable to the people. Democracy seems to provide the type of society envisaged by this demand of modernity…
THE INTERFACE BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES: A CASE FOR AN IMPROVED LEGAL ORDER TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT MATTERS IN NIGERIA
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The Concept of legality in this topic pre-supposes a condition where law as un important arm of the Legal System would regulate employment matters und protect employees. This is true. The main functions of law is to foster and maintain social cohesion, progress and justice in all…
Nigerian Home Video (Nollywood) and the Dissemination and Sustenance of Moral and Ethical Values in our Society
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One medium that has become very dominant in Nigeria’s communication system and could be used for the realization of the reforms agenda is the Home Video (Nollywood) industry in Nigeria. Nollywood gives us a peep into the culture, of Nigeria and Nigerians. The focus of this paper,…
Changing Family structures/values and the Incidence of Human Trafficking in Edo State
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This paper attempts to unravel the underpinning factors that-account for the upsurge of human trafficking in Edo State, Nigeria. The discourse is hinged on the Mertonian concept of innovation which explains the circumvention of societal mainstream values and employed as a circuit…
Team Performance in Neighbourhood Security: An Ethnographic Presentation of Indigenous Traditional Security System in Badagry
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The paper discusses the neighbourhood security pattern in Badagry from an ethnographic perspective. It observes in particular, that Egun perception of security is located within the corporate existence of the people which is mostly based on their common ancestry, indigenous relig…
Reproductive Health Behaviour and Problems of Street Children in Ibadan, Nigeria
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The study looks at the reproductive health behaviour and associated problems of street children, using some Ibadan markets and taxi parks as a case study. The study employed the use of surveys, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to collect information from street chi…
Encyclopedia of world constitutions
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How do the United States, France, Nigeria, and Chile deal with the problem of judicial review? Which countries guarantee their citizens equality under the law? Which states may suspend civil liberties in times of crisis? This informative reference work allows easy comparison betw…
Compliance with WTO law in developing countries: A study of South Africa and Nigeria.
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This is a legal impact study. Its concern is the effectiveness of WTO law and its focus is the compliance behaviour of developing countries. Article XVI:4 of the WTO Agreement provides: "Each Member shall ensure the conformity of its laws, regulations and administrative procedure…
The Cathedral and the bazaar: (de)centralising certitude in river basin management
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Two conceptual theories of river basin management are discussed.One is integrated river basin management with an apex regulatory authority that seeks hydrometric data collection and analysis to use in decisions over water allocation.This model of IRBM can be identified in trainin…
Solzhenitsyn in Confession
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One vital thread of The Gulag Archipelago is Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s rediscovery of his Christian roots. This rediscovery is predicated upon suffering, which, according to Solzhenitsyn, serves as a lever for spiritual growth. However, due to Cold War realities, upon The Gulag Arc…
Visit to the Faculty of Law in the University of Jos, Nigeria
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Gerry Power was invited to go to the University of Jos in April 2006 to present workshops to the Law Faculty and other interested legal professionals on using the internet for legal research. He writes about his experiences in dealing with running online workshops whilst coping w…
EU democracy promotion in Nigeria : between Realpolitik and idealism
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Right to freedom of expression and the law of defamation in Nigeria
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Section 39(1) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria guarantees freedom of expression as a fundamental right. This right is also guaranteed under the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments. Provisions are also made in the Constitu…
MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY: SENTENCING POLICY AND THE ATTITUDE OF COURTS IN NIGERIA
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Whereas a host of penalties await a convicted offender the sentence of death stands at the apex of the categories of punishments! that are provided under the Nigerian penal laws. Death Penalty is recognized as a legitimate punishment by the Constitution? as well as by the Crimina…
EMERGENCY POWERS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION: THE, CASE STUDY OF PLATEAU STATE
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The above statement summed up the decision of the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo on the long ranning ethnic / religious conflict in Plateau State. Emergency rule as an exception to constitutional order may perhaps predate even the advent of written constitut…
THE AFRICAN COURT OF HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHT: RE-WORKING THE HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME OF NIGERIA
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Nigeria often referred to as the giant of Africa and also the most populous black nation in the world have not been able to convince the international community that the above mentioned appellations are not mere conjectures, infact in retrospect, they are simply superflous. What…
THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET AND THE DYNAMICS OF MODERN SECURITIES FRAUD AND REGULATION
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The trade in securities is one of the virile features of the Nigerian Capital Market. The market is comprised of several operators. These may be classified into two: in the first category are the regulatory institutions, with the Exchange. Commission (SEC) as the apex regulatory…
AN APPRAISAL OF THE CUSTODIAL RIGHTS OF AN OFFENDER IN THE NIGERIAN PENAL SYSTEM
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Imprisonment is essentially a form of punishment imposed on the offender by courts or tribunals. However, it is the sentence of imprisonment, and not the treatment accorded in prisons that constitute the punishment. This is so because offenders come to prison not for punishment b…
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