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26) A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE INTESTATE RULES OF SUCCESSION AND THE TESTATE RULES OF SUCCESSION IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Death is an inevitable end of everyone. All societies even the crudest, have a form in which individual’s property will be dealt with after they die. Wills are generally unknown and partially alien to indigenous Nigerian culture. In some instances however, some terms of testamentary disposition of property are made to safeguard and... Continue Reading

27) TRANSFER OF FAMILY LAND IN NIGERIA; AN EXPLORATION OF POWERS OF FAMILY MEMBERS

ABSTRACT Family land is land that belongs to a family as a whole under customary law. From time immemorial through the period of agriculture to the period of industrial development, land has remained the most valuable property in the life of man and his development. It is a source of wealth to those who have it and the mother of all properties. In... Continue Reading

28) CRITICAL APPRAISAL ON OPINION EVIDENCE

ABSTRACT  Generally, where a court is faced with the problem of determining a suit before it,  such can only be solved after making an enquiry into the relevant facts of the evidence  put before it by the parties, drawing inferences from those facts, and listening to  arguments of parties to the case or of their counsel. Evidence is there from... Continue Reading

29) AN APPRAISAL OF THE LIABILITIES OF A COMPANY FOR THE ACTS OF ITS DIRECTORS

ABSTRACT  A company can be described as a legal entity or a body corporate, having perpetual succession and also a common seal, as well as the ability to sue and be sued in its own corporate name. Suffice to state, also that the company upon its incorporation can acquire property in its corporation name. This corporate personality, gives the... Continue Reading

30) AN APPRAISAL OF THE NIGERIAN ELECTORAL LAWS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF SMART CARD READERS; A CASE STUDY OF THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS

ABSTRACT The electoral process is an all encompassing process that includes registration of voters, identifying the political parties to be voted for, voting, counting of votes, declaration of election results as well as procedures and avenue for challenging election results. Elections have become the most acceptable process of changing leadership... Continue Reading

31) A CASE FOR AND AGAINST THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UNDER NIGERIA’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

ABSTRACT Ever since independence, the criminal justice system of Nigeria has accommodated capital punishment which is also known as “death penalty”, as a punitive measure for specifically defined offences. In the past 15 years, scholars, researchers and students of penology and criminology have championed the debate for abolition of death... Continue Reading

32) THE ROLE OF THE INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES COMMISSION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The issue of corruption has led to loss of confidence in Nigeria by its citizens at home and abroad including the international community at large due to the activities of fraudsters, corrupt public officials and mis-governance by our leaders. On the international scene, Nigeria has been blacklisted as a slate in which integrity and... Continue Reading

33) LAW AS IT WERE: THE PLACE OF SOCIAL, MORAL VALUE IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA

ABSTRACT. This research work is centred on Law as it Were: the Place of Social and Moral Value in Contemporary Nigeria. The Law is as old as the creation of man and all of God’s creatures. He made Law to ensure the Harmony and Peaceful co-existence among his Creatures. By his Laws, He defined the limit for man. Law in any Society is as old as... Continue Reading
  • Type:Project
  • ID:LAW0586
  • Pages:107

34) PROVOCATION AS A DEFENCE TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY: THE NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE

ABSTRACT  One of the defences open to an accused which may exculpate or mitigate him from criminal liability is provocation. The law recognizes that human beings are prone to losing their control under extreme rage and should they react violently, justice demands that account be taken of this natural tendency of theirs in inflicting punishment.... Continue Reading
  • Type:Project
  • ID:LAW0585
  • Pages:165

35) A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE DOCTRINE OF CORPORATE PERSONALITY UNDER THE NIGERIAN LAW

ABSTRACT More than 100 years ago the UK house of Lords in the famous Solomon case established a maxism  that a company is a  separate legal entity distinct from its members. Thereby it determined the directions of modern company law and the nature of private limited companies similar doctrines are incorporated in the statutory provisions of... Continue Reading
  • Type:Project
  • ID:LAW0584
  • Pages:127

36) A CRITIQUE OF AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW IN NIGERIA AS IT RELATES TO CIVIL WRONGS AND CRIMES

ABSTRACT The source of law in most African countries is Customary law, the Common law and legislation both colonial and post-independent.  In a typical African country, the great majority of the people conduct their personal activities in accordance with and subject to Customary law. Customary law has great impact in the area of addressing... Continue Reading

37) AN OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

ABSTRACT The source of law in most African countries is Customary law, the Common law and legislation both colonial and post-independent.  In a typical African country, the great majority of the people conduct their personal activities in accordance with and subject to Customary law. Customary law has great impact in the area of addressing... Continue Reading

38) VISITING THE CONCEPT OF CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY

ABSTRACT Company law forms one of the major areas of law today in Nigeria. The basis of this research work is to focus on the concept of criminal liability of corporations in Nigeria. In this regard, it basically looks at the corporation as a legal personality or as a person who can be liable for a crime just like a natural person. And therefore... Continue Reading

39) CUSTOMARY LAW PRACTICES AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – THE POSITION UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

ABSTRACT Deep seated perception that women are inferior to men is rooted in customary believes long held. This perception fuels various practices, some, varying among the various customary groups, and others cutting across them. The negative characteristic that binds these customary practices, and which serves as the basis for this work: is... Continue Reading
  • Type:Project
  • ID:LAW0580
  • Pages:119

40) WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO INHERITANCE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The general belief in Nigeria is that women are inferior to men, and this has a negative impact on women as regards succession under customary laws. Hence, the  issue of gender discrimination remains a bane in the society despite various attempts both at the international and municipal level to curb such excesses. This paper examines the... Continue Reading

41) AN APPRAISAL OF HEARSAY RULE: IN NIGERIA

  ABSTRACT The topic under surveillance is “An Appraisal of Hearsay Rule in Nigeria and so it goes beyond a mere determination of what the Hearsay Rule translates to and touches on the actual working and operation of the rule within contemporary Nigerian society. We have considered the background of the rule in Nigeria and discovered that... Continue Reading

42) COMPETENCE AND COMPELLABILITY IS CHILD EVIDENCE ADMISSIBLE

ABSTRACT Determination of lawsuits is highly dependent on these availability of evidence. In law, every person is a competent witness in any judicial proceeding unless otherwise prevented by the law. And every compellable witness is a competent witness as the court will not compel anyone to give evidence, if he is incompetent to do so. However, it... Continue Reading
  • Type:Project
  • ID:LAW0577
  • Pages:100

43) MORTGAGE FINANCING IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

ABSTRACT Mortgage financing are structured financial arrangements provided byapproved financial institutions that accept real estate as security for theloan. Basically, mortgage financing is used to acquire or purchase ordevelop a property. However, it is also used to access the equity on anexisting property. This research work examined various... Continue Reading
  • Type:Project
  • ID:LAW0576
  • Pages:151

44) ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: ITS PRACTICABILITY AND OTHERWISE IN SETTLING MATRIMONIAL DISPUTES.

Can two walk unless they are agreed? Since Marriage is about two people (the man and woman), who are of different background, opinion, ideologies, vocation, etc. there is bound to be the presence of elements of disagreement or disagreements between them, which may finally lead into an action for divorce in Court. An action for divorce been brought... Continue Reading

45) CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF ASSAULT AS A TORT OF TRESPASS TO PERSON

ABSTRACT The conception held by many including the average man on the streets about assault is that it connotes battery i.e. the direct act of a person that causes bodily contact with another person in an unlawful way without his consent. This definition is against the real meaning of assault in most jurisdictions since assault truly means an... Continue Reading

46) UTILITY OF CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT IN CRIMINAL TRIALS

Abstract A person standing trial for a criminal offence enjoys the presumption of innocence until his guilt is proved, the proof of which must be beyond reasonable doubt. Nonetheless, the suspect can confess to the commission of the crime and the court is empowered to convict, based on the weight of such confession. Incidentally, the court is... Continue Reading

47) “CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE AND THE TURQUAND RULE: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE COMMON LAW POSITION AND THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANIES ACT 71 OF 2008."

CONTENTS Title Page................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction................................................................................................................ 3 1.1... Continue Reading

48) THE NIGERIAN EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE RELATIONSHIP: NEED FOR A BALANCE

In every democratic setting, it is clear that a smooth relationship between the executive arm of government and the legislative arm of government is a sine qua non for a good governance, and vice versa. In Nigeria, this relationship is really a topical problem as each of these arms is seen fighting hard to establish its supremacy over the other,... Continue Reading

49) AN ASSESSMENT OF ISLAMIC LAW AS CUSTOMARY LAW VIS A VIS THE SUPREME COURT RULING IN ALKAMAWA V BELLO AND ANOR 1998 6 SCNJ 127

ABSTRACT    There has been a controversy as to the question whether Islamic law can be classified as customary law in Nigeria. There exists a divide among jurisprudential scholars as to the answer to this question but the prevailing school of thought sees Islamic law as customary law. This position is supported by Nigerian Statues as is made... Continue Reading

50) ISSUES IN DUTY OF CARE OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN NIGERIA

Professional medical negligence or malpractice has been on the increase and needs to be addressed in terms of the attitude of law towards medical practice for the protection of the patient to make the physician liable as well as to secure punitive punishment for any medical practitioner who through carelessness causes harm to a patient. Moreover... Continue Reading
  • Type:Project
  • ID:LAW0569
  • Pages:130
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