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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2019.x1mgxrsz

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRACTICE AND PROCESSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN NIGERIA

Muhammad Tukur Jibril^*

Constitution is the paramount source of all legal cum political authority in a polity. Nigeria operates a written and supreme Constitution. One aspect of supremacy of the Constitution is that the National Assembly alone is incapable of altering it without collaboration with the State Houses of Assembly or with the people’s vote in a referendum. Amendments of some provisions in the Constitution, th...

Aug, 2019 pp. 187-198 32 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2008.yusryicq

The Annual Conference of Nigerian Association of Law Teachers: Cerebral, Jamboree or a Ritual?

Solomon Musa^*

“Conference” is defined as the act of conferring: an appointed meeting for instruction or discussion! And “confer” is defined as to give or bestow: to talk or consult together.” Conference, therefore is synonymous with instruction, discussion, consultation or talking. It imports a gathering or convocation of like minds having a productive discourse and interaction on a given subject or subjects wi...

May, 2008 pp. 187-195 30 views 12 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.snmqs3lg

RUSSIAN BOMBING OF CHECHNYA: TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE MONITORING SYSTEM OF VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW BY THE UNITED NATIONS

IBRAHIM SHEHU^*

The bombardment of Chechnya by Russian forces paves a new dimension to the question for peaceful settlement of disputes by members of the international community and posses a crucial challenge to both international law and the United Nations Charter. It is pertinent to state that from the provision of all the legal regimes dealing with the conduct of hostilities! there is no justification of the b...

Jun, 2002 pp. 187-195 30 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.px9ojqx5

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF JUDGMENT WRITING UNDER ISLAMIC AND CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS

Sa'ad Musa Abubakar^*

The importance of judgment writing as a vehicle for the administration of justice cannot be overemphasized. It is the most secured record system that contains the courts’ verdict on different adjudicated cases, which if carefully kept it lasts for centuries. The paper focuses on the comparative analysis of judgment writing under the Islamic and conventional systems. Thus, through the use of doctri...

Jun, 2023 pp. 189-204 26 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.e99ob7fi

THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN NIGERIA

Bashir Mohammed Chalawa^*

This paper examines the role of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in safeguarding freedom of expression in Nigeria, a right enshrined in Section 39 of the Nigerian Constitution and upheld by international frameworks like the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR). It traces the evolution of this right from the colonial era to the digital age, highlighting persistent violati...

Sep, 2025 pp. 191–218 213 views 174 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.rs8st4ck

AN EVALUATION OF THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE UNDER THE NIGERIAN LAW

Nduwdie E. Oton^*, Nsikan A. Udoka

This work examined the current Nigerian laws and practices on the Rights of Victims of Medical Negligence. With Nigeria’s debilitating healthcare system, cases of medical negligence are on a surge, while litigation for damages in medical negligence are inhibited because the plaintiffs/victims are usually ladened with a heavy burden of proving negligence against the erring medical practitioners. Th...

Nov, 2024 pp. 196-206 110 views 84 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2008.byqwv49y

JUDICIAL ACTIVISM; NEW GARMENT FOR SECTION 16, COURT OF APPEAL ACT, 2004

Agom A. R^*

Disputes are inherent in human interactions. They accompany changes jn behavior compelled by changes in circumstances. In other words, disputes call for readjustment of relationships. This adjustment may be minimal radical, gradual or temporal. However, whatever the degree of change disputes engender, they are not in themselves bad. On the contrary, they can be veritable enhancers of human relatio...

May, 2008 pp. 196-211 29 views 15 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.e6v2hbk5

THE EXTENT OF THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OF WOMEN IN ISLAMIC LAW

Prof. Bambale Yunusa yahaya^*

The position of women since the beginning of history to date is viewed from different perspectives, especially as it affects the admissibility of their evidence. In many places, women had no rights at all and treated. worse than animals; and had no say in anything whatsoever. Their proper place was considered to be in the home or working in the fields and at other medial duties, with no regard for...

Jun, 2006 pp. 196-201 28 views 8 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.lceq43w2

WHETHER WRITTEN ADDRESSES FILED AND EXCHANGED WITHOUT READING IN OPEN COURT NULLIFIES THE ENTIRE TRIAL AMINU MIKAILU VS. THE STATE (2001) 8 NWLR PT. 715, 469 (C.A.)

A. A. Akume^*

After the close of evidence by both sides to a case before the court, it is part of the trial process in Magistrate and High Courts etc. for counsel to both parties to deliver an address before the court. The address by counsel is the summation of all the major and important aspects of the evidence of each party, together with the judicial and statutory authorities relied on to prove one’s case.

May, 2002 pp. 196-203 32 views 10 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.q10yu1mb

AN EXAMINATION OF THE PENALTY FOR DELAYED PAYMENT IN FINANCIAL OBLIGATION IN NON-INTEREST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

Saeed Bello^*

Islamic Finance has distinguished itself from other financial systems by its compliance with Shari’ah principles and rulings. Shari’ah compliance is what distinguishes an Islamic financial institution from a conventional financial institution. The conventional financial system handles default in payment of financial obligation by charging interest on customers. Since charging interest is against t...

Mar, 2025 pp. 197-208 165 views 148 downloads