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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.o2d6bjzf

MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY: SENTENCING POLICY AND THE ATTITUDE OF COURTS IN NIGERIA

Izzat Ullah^*, U.S. Abbo Jimeta, Ibrahim Labaran Nguru

Whereas a host of penalties await a convicted offender the sentence of death stands at the apex of the categories of punishments! that are provided under the Nigerian penal laws. Death Penalty is recognized as a legitimate punishment by the Constitution? as well as by the Criminal Code and Penal Code. In Nigeria, like virtually every other country, offences are subject to classification. Some offe...

Jun, 2006 pp. 26-36 31 views 7 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2008.nvhpnirc

AN EXAMINATION OF WHETHER DISCHARGING PATIENTS AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE CONFER LEGAL PROTECTION ON MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

A. I. BAPPAH^*, MAI A.

The responsibility of a doctor to his patient commences as soon as the doctor undertakes to medically evaluate the patient. And once a doctor undertakes to treat a patient, whether or not there is an agreement a duty of care arises. | Patients are people with medical problems who seek a solution from the health team. The medical evaluation is a process of clinical decision making which follows a l...

May, 2008 pp. 27-38 36 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.dd1pctef

THE OPERATIONAL STANDARD OF THE NIGERIAN POLICE: ISSUES AND THE WAY FORWARD

Oyovwikerhi Imoni-Ogbe^*

What gave impetus to this research is the fact that the Nigerian Police have continuously violated human rights of Nigerian citizens despite the existence of the United Nations’ (UN) globally accepted norms governing the conducts of police officers and the institution of police universally. The aim of this article is therefore to examine the operational standard of the Nigerian Police to determine...

Mar, 2025 pp. 29-46 176 views 146 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.swmcudkl

TRANSNATIONAL STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

Muhammad Tawfiq Ladan^*

International environmental law challenges many fundamental concepts of traditional international law. It puts limits on State Sovereignty, intrudes into the domestic jurisdiction and territorial integrity of States, creates greater responsibilities for States, and involves many non-state entities in the process of international law. The sheer scale of the environmental issues' means that national...

May, 2002 pp. 29-40 34 views 13 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1992.bee4mgg4

SOME ASPECTS OF REFORM IN THE NIGERIAN LAW OF EVIDENCE

Muhammad Tawfiq Ladan^*

The most important aim of law is to regulate the society wherein it is made. Such law must therefore, in order to be efficacious, be relevant and represent the yearnings and aspirations of such a society. Where certain “legal rules are too remote or too advanced for a particular society, the situation created will be like putting a square peg in a round hole. The most unfortunate fact is that whil...

Jun, 1992 pp. 31-50 35 views 21 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.161tvc95

INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL HOMICIDE ACCORDING To THE FOUR SUNNI SCHOOLS OF JURISPRUDENCE

M. B. UTHMAN^*

The Islamic law jurists agree that all the legal rules are based upon the interests (masalih) of man. They also agree that the preservation of life forms one of the five basic values that must be preserved in any civilisation¹. These values sum up the ultimate purposes of the law (maqasid al-shari'ah). It is also an established legal maxim under Islamic law that intention is the ingot of all matte...

Jun, 2006 pp. 32-52 42 views 13 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2026.rxnzccbw

PATENT PROTECTION AND PHARMACEUTICAL INNOVATION: BALANCING U.S INNOVATION INTERESTS WITH HEALTHCARE NEEDS IN NIGERIA

Chukwuebuka Okoli^*

Pharmaceutical patents play an important role in encouraging innovation in the global healthcare industry. By granting exclusive rights to inventors for a defined period, patent protection enables pharmaceutical companies particularly those in countries such as the United States to recover the high costs associated with research, development, and clinical testing of new medicines. However, while s...

Aug, 2026 pp. 34-51 65 views 16 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2016.8fcbobhe

AN APPRAISAL OF CERTIFICATION AS A LEGAL CHALLENGE ON ADMISSIBILITY OF COMPUTER GENERATED EVIDENCE IN NIGERIA

Perekedou James Fawei^*

A veritable condition that must be satisfied for the admissibility of computer generated piece of evidence under the Evidence Act 2011 in Nigeria is certification. However. inadequacy of legal literature on this assumed-to-be-known subject of certification of computer generated documents in law now constitutes a clog on the wheel of admissibility of such documents. This article is therefore an att...

May, 2016 pp. 34-50 34 views 18 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2015.f6q7z486

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE PROTECTION OF TRADEMARK RIGHTS IN NIGERIA

AMEH, Isaac^*

Trademark counterfeiting and its devastating effects raise alot of concern for the lapses in an economy because of a strong desire of unscrupulous individuals for quick wealth which makes infringers to cut corners in order to be rich. In Nigeria some major places and markets where counterfeits are generally found include Onitsha market in Anambra State, Aba market in Abia State, Alaba market Lagos...

Jun, 2015 pp. 37-56 32 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.awvlg6t5

THE SCOPE AND SOURCES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW IN NIGERIA

UMARU M. J^*

Intellectual property is an idea, a design, etc that somebody has created which the law protects by preventing other people from copying same.’ It encompasses such legal concepts as copyright, trade marks, patents, designs right and also includes rights against disclosure of trade secrets and unfair competition. It is a category of intangible rights protecting commercially valuable products of the...

Jun, 2006 pp. 37-49 43 views 10 downloads