Magnesium content of two soil groups in Southeastern Nigeria in relation to selected pedological properties.
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THE MUNICIPALISATION OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 classifies a set of Rights as the Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights to be found mostly in Articles 22 to 29 of the Declaration. These rights have been re-enacted in various constitutions. Usually, however, these rights ha…
Social Action Litigation and Access to Justice in Nigeria: A Critical Case Study
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Adjudicating climate change : state, national, and international approaches
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Preface Peter E. Roderick 1. Introduction: the exigencies that drive potential causes of action for climate change William C. G. Burns and Hari M. Osofsky Part I. Subnational Case Studies: 2. State action as political voice in climate change policy: the Minnesota environmental co…
Aspects of information literacy with regards to the use of legal resources : case study of third year undergraduate law students of the University of Cape Town, South Africa and University of Jos, Nigeria
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The study explores the relevance of information literacy in the context of legal education specifically as it affects issues on the conduct of the legal research skills of undergraduate students as well as the need for its integration into the curriculum of legal education. A rev…
Restorative justice as an alternative dispute resolution model: opinions of victims of crime and criminal justice professionals in Nigeria
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This is an original non-experimental research conducted in four Geo-Political Zones in Nigeria (West Africa). It surveys opinions of victims of crime and conflicts, and criminal justice professionals with regard to exploring restorative justice as an Alternative Dispute Resolutio…
Transitional justice, judicial accountability and the rule of law- a Nigerian case study
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This study investigates accountability of the judiciary for its role in authoritarianism as an integral part of accountability in transitions. It argues this is an important but relatively neglected aspect of transitional justice theory and state practice. The thesis of the resea…
Binding Precedent and Shari'a/Islamic Law in Nigeria: An Attempt at a Civil-Criminal Distinction
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Expropriation and Takings of Mineral Rights in Nigeria from an International Perspective: A Doctrinal and Legal Comparative with North America
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THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY TRENDS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
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Legal scholars have propounded numerous aphorisms to cloak as most critical leg of tripod on which democracy rest. For example, judiciary has been described as the last hope of Common man; the temple of justice with judge as high priest; the institution vested with power to play…
BRINGING RIGHTS HOME: THE .STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS IN NIGERIAN DOMESTIC LAW
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND POVERTY REDUCTION: EXPLORING THE RELEVANCE OF LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR IN POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA
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Statutory Requirement of Consent as an Instrument of Fraud in Nigeria: The case of Ayodare & Anor v. Union Bank Plc in perspective
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THE NEED FOR A CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN NIGERIA
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This study will examine and surveys Nigeria's experience in fashioning out, vital reform in her Civil Service, over the years, with the aim of re-inventing the processes of governance to meet the ever increasing challenges in the business of governance. Further, it will look at t…
Flexibility of Damages for Conversion and Detinue
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Hard cases test the virility of principles as well as the creativity of judges. So it was in Civil Design Construction Nig. Ltd v SCOA Nig. Ltd. recently decided by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. CDC v SCOA is attractive for its refreshing interpretation of the rarely litigated Hi…
Students Perception of the Role of Parents in Academia and Continued Examination Malpractice
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Examination is a process of evaluating the extent to which has taken place in the individual. It determines the recipients' level of proficiency in all the subjects tested as well as their ability to utilize the knowledge and skills effectively. Examination serves a number of fun…
Enhancing Access to Justice in Nigeria with Judicial Case Management: An Evolving Norm in Common Law Countries
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The fundamental purpose of a civil justice system is to provide its citizens facing legal disputes - the mechanisms - through which they can ably secure justice efficiently. Obstacles to access to justice in Nigerian civil justice system are challenging. These obstacles include:…
Alienations Under the Land Use Act and Express Declarations of Trust in Nigeria
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Abstract Nigerian conveyancers routinely resort to powers of attorney and agreements to sell (estate contracts) as tools to avoid the prohibitory clauses of the Land Use Act. Judges have shown their sympathy through a strict (but beneficial) construction. Nevertheless, the curren…
BREACH OF TRUST AS PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT
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This article explores the question of whether a legal practitioner could be professionally disciplined for acts done in a non‐professional capacity for which there is no criminal prosecution or conviction. It suggests that purely private and non‐criminal acts should not give rise…
Federal Road Management for Sub-Saharan African Nations: A Nigerian Case Study
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The World Bank specifically indicates that poor transport infrastructure and services in sub-Saharan Africa are serious obstacles to poverty reduction (Plessis-Fraissard, 2007). Two thirds of Africa's rural population, who are some 300 million of the world's poorest people, do no…
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