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Communique On The Roundtable On A Case For Competition Law In Nigeria 22nd March 2012
INTRODUCTION: Competition law also known as antitrust law in the United States refers to those laws which promote or maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Antitrust results from the ‘trusts’ or cartels which existed in the United States in the 19th Century...
Continue ReadingThe Impact of Boko Haram Insurgency on Women and Children in North Eastern Nigeria: Towards a Better Protection
Esther Hatsiwa Emmanuel (Mrs) LLB, BL, LLM, Research Fellow NIALS Lagos e.hatsiwa@nials.edu.ng , 07030560754 Insurgency is growing and fast spreading all over the world. This is partly due to the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, and the spread of radical Islamic teachings. Where this...
Continue ReadingHuman Rights Based Approach – A Panacea for Human Trafficking in Nigeria
By Kemi Omojola Research Fellow, NIALS, o.omojola@nials.edu.ng Human trafficking or Trafficking in Persons is a crime that thrives on the deprivation of the very essence of humanity-human rights. It affects virtually every country in the world and has been associated with transnational criminal organizations, small criminal...
Continue ReadingThe Case of Dame Patience Jonathan v Federal Republic of Nigeria (2018) and the Court of Appeal’s Revalidation of the Propriety of Civil Forfeiture Proceedings in Nigeria
By Chukwuemeka Castro Nwabuzor, Research Fellow, NIALS c.nwabuzor@nials.edu.ng The Court of Appeal (CA) has once again settled the recurrent issue regarding the application of civil forfeiture in Nigeria. In the case of Dame Patience Jonathan v FRN (2018) LPELR- 43505 (CA), an appeal was brought against...
Continue ReadingCourts-Martial And Civil Courts: The Doctrine Of ‘Compact’
By Chukwuemeka Castro Nwabuzor, Research Fellow, NIALS c.nwabuzor@nials.edu.ng As a general rule, persons in the Armed Forces enjoy the same constitutional rights as civilian, except for those protections and rights which the history and text of the Constitution specifically deny them. A serviceman becomes subject...
Continue ReadingA Highlight of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) for Nigeria
Fighting corruption has more than ever before, become a global concern. Corruption is a serious crime that undermines economic development; political stability; the rule of law; social development; disrupts social order and destroys public trust in the governance system. [See National Anti-corruption Strategy (2017-2021) The...
Continue ReadingEuthanasia: The Need For A Better Interpretation Of The Hippocratic Oath
By Lilian Uche, Research Fellow, NIALS Euthanasia has been one of the highly controversial and volatile subjects in many climes due to human sentiments, moral/ ethical, religious and legal issues surrounding it. Quite understandably, any subject relating to the creation, continuation, preservation and termination of...
Continue ReadingDecongestion of Prisons in Nigeria.
Globally, millions of people each year come face to face with criminal justice system because they are suspected or accused of crime. Many are arrested and detained at police station or other law enforcement facility. Some are released while significant proportions are held in custody...
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