» ABSTRACT This research work examines corruption, its legal effect, its meanings and peculiar manifestation in the Nigeria society. Abortive efforts made in the past to curtail the problem, and present experiments to eradicate the scourges from our polity are also examined. The term, “corrupti…Continue Reading »
» INSURANCE AS PECULIAR SPECIE OF THE LAW OF CONTRACT CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Insurance is an intricate economic and social device for the handling of risks to life and property. It is social in nature because it represents the various individuals for mutual benefi…Continue Reading »
» BY CHAPTER ONECONCEPT OF CRIMES AND THE NECESSITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IntroductionThe history of mankind is a chronicle of bloodshed and violence among people with competing interests, ideologies and aspirations. In the face of the calamitous historical records, one might be tempted …Continue Reading »
» BY TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page iCertification iiApproval iiiDedication ivAcknowledgement vTable of Contents viiCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION1.1 Definition of Homosexuality 11.2 Who is a Homosexual? 161.3 What is Marriage? 181.4 Forms of Same Sex Marriages 261.5 Same Sex Marriage in Contradistinction wit…Continue Reading »
» BY TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page – – – – iApproval page – – – – iiDedication – – – – iiiAcknowledgement – – – ivAbstract – – – – vTable of Contents – – – viTable of Cases – – – ixTable of Statutes – – – xiiAbbreviations – – – xiv CHAPTER ON…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CASES PAGES Archbold (Freightage) Ltd. v. S. Spnaglett Ltd (1981) 1 Q.B. 374 41 Asfar v. Blindell (1896) 1 Q.B. 123 45 Boardance v. Phipps (1967) 2 A.C. 46 58 Casebourn v. Avery and Houston (1887) S.T.L.R. 795 41 Dakin v. Oxley (1864) 15 C.B.N. 648 44 Heskell v. Continental Express L…Continue Reading »
» BYTABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page – – – – – – iCertification – – – – – – iiApproval – – – – – – iiiDedication – – – – – – ivAcknowledgement – – – – – – vTable of Contents – – – – – – viiiTable of Statutes – – – – – – xT…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page iCertification iiApproval iiiDedication ivAcknowledgements vTable of Contents viiTable of Cases xTable of Statutes xiiTable of Abbreviation xiiiAbstract xivCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION1.0 Introduction 11.1 Definition of Environment 81.2 Pollution 101.3 Types of Pollution …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE NATURE AND DEFINITION OF INSURANCE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Risk and uncertainty are incidental to life. Man may meet untimely death. He may suffer from accident, destruction of property, fire, floo…Continue Reading »
» CRIME REPORTING AND PERCEIVED EFFECTS ON ITS VICTIMS: A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN METROPOLIS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Crime is an everyday phenomenon found to have eaten deep into the heart of every society. It is a common word which has uncommon connotations, …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction The Judiciary represents the court system in the land, it symbolizes judges and justice. It is the third arm of any modern government. This was popularized by Montesquieu, the French political philosopher and jurist who postulated that there should be separation of judici…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Marriage is a union entered into by two parties in every jurisdiction i. e, marriage is a universal occurrence. Although the legal process involved (either in formality or requirement) varies from one jurisdiction to another, marriage is often characterized by disputes which range from …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT It is common knowledge that the age long principle of Separation of powers allocates the governmental functions of law making, law implementation and law interpretation to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial arms of government respectively and each arm is to function independently witho…Continue Reading »
» 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 listeni…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The confessional statement of an accused person is of great evidential value in the dispensation of justice. It represents the most important and most frequently encountered exception to the rule against hearsay in criminal cases. This piece of work is propelled toward examining the fundame…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Presumption either of law or of fact, is an independent piece of evidence which may or must be drawn from a given sets of facts until the contrary is proved. In general sense, it has cut a niche for itself as it maybe employed in both Civil and Criminal cases. This study will therefore ex…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The topic “ Administration of justice in Nigerian courts, problems and prospects” seems to attract to itself the attention and inquisitiveness on the part of the common man or every believer in the Rule of law of what the writer is talking about or what he is going to upon since the…Continue Reading »
» AN EXAMINATION OF LAWS REGULATING ELECTION PETITIONS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF NIGERIA ABSTRACT Today, its no doubt that election petition forms an intrinsic nature of our democratic setting as dispute and dissatisfaction are bound to arise from the conduct of election and as such dispute has to…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The essence of this work is borne out of the need to take critical look and an appraisal of the offence of Adoption under the Nigeria Legal System. In the course of this Study, an analysis shall be made as to it’s Law and Policy in the Nigeria Legal System. Chapter one of this work will g…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The conceptual divergence in respect of the formation of a valid will under both Islamic and common laws will be examined and discussed. Starting from introduction which will introduce us to the general message of the work. The chapters therein have been divided into five. Chapter one deals…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Democracy is undoubtedly the commonest system of government mostly practiced in virtually all the countries of the world because it ensures the observance of people‟s rights and freedom. It is however basically characterized by three independent arms of government namely; the Legislati…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACTThe decree of dissolution of marriage which is defined as the legal separation o f man and wife effected by the judgement or decree of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effect so far as it concerns the cohabitation of the parties. Dissolution …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT There is no branch of law which transpires the true picture of the society more than the law of tort. The reason being that it is a branch of law that deals with the conduct of the people amongst themselves. Because of the contact people have with themselves in the environment, there are…Continue Reading »
» 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 …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Criminal Law in Nigeria is so wide that it applies to a wide range of crimes. a crime is and actatute or by the Common Law to be a public wrong and is therefore punishable by the state in Criminal proceeding. The crime of homicide which can be divided into two namely, lawful homicide whi…Continue Reading »
