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  1. Problems and Challenges for Lawyers in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria

    OpenAlex research · 2007-07-30 · Document

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    Foreword by Ralph Slaughter Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Structure and Regulation of the Legal Profession 3 Portrait of the Legal Profession 4 Legal Education and Training in Nigeria 5 Lawyers in Private Practice 6 Lawyers in Salaried Employment 7 Lawyers under Military Dict…

  2. Italy

    OpenAlex research · 2007-07-30 · Document

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  3. Discrimination based on HIV / AIDS status : a comparative analysis of the Nigerian court's decision in Festus Odaife & Ors v Attorney General of the Federation & Ors with other Commonwealth jurisdictions

    OpenAlex research · 2007-11-01 · Document

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    Nigeria is one of the countries in the world that has one of the highest number of people living with HIV / AIDS. A recent report shows that 4.4% of the population of about 140 million people is living with HIV / AIDS. After South Africa, Nigeria has the largest number of people…

  4. Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment and Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection in Nigeria: Gbemre v. Shell Revisited

    OpenAlex research · 2007-12-01 · Document

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    In recent years, there has been an increasing practice of incorporating the right to a healthy/clean environment into national constitutions. This practice can be found in various parts of the world. Importantly, the judiciary in many countries has not only enforced such a right…

  5. Aspects of Judicial Independence and Accountability – Lessons for the Commonwealth Caribbean?*

    OpenAlex research · 2007-12-01 · Document

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    Ten years ago Sir Anthony Mason, a former Chief Justice of Australia, warned that ‘a failure to strike the right balance between judicial independence and judicial accountability will result in either an unacceptable weakening of judicial independence or inadequate accountability…

  6. Udoma, Hon. Sir (Egbert) Udo, (21 June 1917–2 Feb. 1998), Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria, Lagos, 1969–82, retired; Commissioner for Law Reform, Cross River State, Nigeria, 1985–88

    OpenAlex research · 2007-12-01 · Document

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    "Udoma, Hon. Sir (Egbert) Udo, (21 June 1917–2 Feb. 1998), Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria, Lagos, 1969–82, retired; Commissioner for Law Reform, Cross River State, Nigeria, 1985–88" published on by Oxford University Press.

  7. IMPEACHMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION: NEW PROBLEMS, NEW SOLUTIONS

    OpenAlex research · 2007-12-01 · Document

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    The paper presents the attitude of the Courts to impeachment cases as old wine in new bottles as what is new to the legal scenery is the challenge posed in between procedural breaches vs, ouster clauses. The paper argues that the courts reacted satisfactorily by a liberal, progre…

  8. Sapara-Williams, Hon. Christopher Alexander, (19 July 1854–14 March 1915), Barrister-at-law; Member of Legislative Council, Nigeria, since 1901; of Municipal Board of Health, Lagos; Licensing Justice for the Municipal Ar

    OpenAlex research · 2007-12-01 · Document

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    "Sapara-Williams, Hon. Christopher Alexander, (19 July 1854–14 March 1915), Barrister-at-law; Member of Legislative Council, Nigeria, since 1901; of Municipal Board of Health, Lagos; Licensing Justice for the Municipal Area, Lagos; Leader of the Nigerian Bar" published on by Oxfo…

  9. Alexander, Sir Darnley (Arthur Raymond), (28 Jan. 1920–10 Feb. 1989), Chairman, Nigerian Law Reform Commission, since 1979

    OpenAlex research · 2007-12-01 · Document

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  10. No. 39875. Netherlands and Nigeria

    OpenAlex research · 2007-12-31 · Document

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  11. An appraisal of the legal and institutional framework for combating corruption in Nigeria

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    Purpose To examine the adequacy or otherwise of the existing legal and institutional mechanisms for combating corruption in Nigeria and suggest useful strategies for achieving this. Design/methodology/approach The pre‐existing statutory enactments, the Criminal and Penal Codes go…

  12. Survival at the margins: Economic crisis and coping mechanisms in Rural Nigeria

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    This paper examines the diverse strategies being adopted by rural dwellers to cope with the worsening economic crisis in Nigeria, in which they absorb a disproportionate burden as the most marginalized social category. While it draws from secondary materials, it nevertheless reli…

  13. Performance Analysis of Listed Construction and Real Estate Companies in Nigeria

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    Executive Summary.The acquisition of shares in investment companies specializing in real estate have become a popular form of indirect property investment. However, the publicly listed real estate and construction companies are only a minute portion of the total commercial real e…

  14. Taming the Monster

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    This article is an in-depth analysis of civil-military relations in Nigeria's nascent democracy. It chronicles the factors responsible for the Nigerian army's descent into the abyss—once a professional body—shortly after political independence in 1960. The author argues that much…

  15. A survey of information sources used by secondary school students in Ogun State, Nigeria for knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    No Abstract. African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science Vol. 16(1) 2006: 53-63

  16. Achieving the millennium development goals: Issues and options for the Nigeria's tourism industry

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    The Millennium Development Coals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for economic development. There is the growing awareness about the economic importance of tourism in Nigeria. Though the industry is fraught with certain challenges, which are seemingly insurmountable, it has…

  17. Health sector reform in Nigeria: A perspective on human rights and gender issues

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    Public health and human rights are complementary approaches to promoting and protecting human dignity and well-being. The aim of this paper is to examine international provisions and national policies on health and human rights that regulate the health system in Nigeria, along wi…

  18. Contextualising the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria's Niger Delta: Local and global intersections

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    This essay explores the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta. Its thesis is that the intersections which the global and local environment provide have fuelled the proliferation of SALW in the region. Since the conflict in the region is…

  19. Achieving the millennium development goals: issues and options for the Nigeria's tourism industry

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    Many countries have experienced how tourism and related recreation activities can help to increase and diversity their economic bases, particularly in rural areas (Fawson, Thilmany, and Keith 1998). Several empirical studies have also documented that tourism has direct, indirect…

  20. Decades of persistent ignorance towards sustainable dissemination of HIV/AIDS information among rural women in Imo State, Nigeria

    OpenAlex research · 2006-01-01 · Document

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    Purpose This paper focuses on the methods for achieving effective and sustainable HIV/AIDS information dissemination to the rural women in Imo State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A discursive paper with an argument based on reliable sources from the literature. Findings T…

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