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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2008.r4iqawm6

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Decision — Making Process: A Critique

Onuh Paul Igoche^*

The World Trade Organization (WTO) came into existence in 1995 as the successor of the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), which has operated provisionally since 1947. It is concerned with international economic policy co-operation. Hence, it provides a common institutional framework for the conduct of trade relations among its member states. ' The agreement establishing the WTO created ...

May, 2008 pp. 62-73 46 views 14 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1992.z33v6lb4

OBJECTIVES AND DIRECTIVE OF STATE POLICY UNDER PRINCIPLES THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE

Ibrahim Naiya Sada^*

The Muslims have consistently held the view that religion and state are inseparable. This is not only because every aspect of their life is regulated by Islam, but also because all their governmental and economic activities are regulated, and governed by the Sharia. The agency (Khilafa) by which the Muslims were guided during the post- prophetic era in the way of God is the Uli al Amr (those havin...

May, 1992 pp. 62-79 30 views 12 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.1dcoo1qy

ASPECTS OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SPOUSES UNDER ISLAMIC LAW

JUMMAI AUDI^*

Under Islamic Law, Marriage Contract creates some social, legal and contractual consequences. These consequences are referred to as the rights and duties of the spouses.

Jun, 2006 pp. 63-100 33 views 11 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.f0a694iv

SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACT

O. O. Adeojo^*

Sovereignty as understood in international law is the exclusive right to assert within a clearly defined limits the functions of a state. It refers to the supreme, absolute and uncontrollable power by which the independent state is governed having supreme political authority, paramount control of the constitution combined with the rights and powers of regulating its internal affairs without foreig...

May, 2002 pp. 63-76 32 views 13 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.zmo1ylkk

EMERGENCY POWERS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION: THE, CASE STUDY OF PLATEAU STATE

Nuhu Mohammed JAMO^*

The above statement summed up the decision of the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo on the long ranning ethnic / religious conflict in Plateau State. Emergency rule as an exception to constitutional order may perhaps predate even the advent of written constitutions as a charter of government. From time immemorial state as a fictional body, epitomized by its leadership, had estab...

Jun, 2006 pp. 64-80 30 views 10 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2026.vk4nkiyo

ANALYSIS OF THE NEW INNOVATIONS IN THE ELECTORAL ACT, 2026

DUSU SHUT, DR. MARK Y. DANUNG^*

Since the transition from military rule to democracy in 1999, Nigeria has witnessed numerous elections with attendant challenges, making electoral reform a recurring feature of its democratic development. Concerns regarding electoral transparency, political party internal democracy, the deployment of technology, and the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have prom...

Aug, 2026 pp. 65-78 102 views 29 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.4va54uqa

THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE APPLICATION OF PUNISHMENT IN ISLAMIC LAW

Prof. Bambale Yunusa yahaya^*

The first consideration any penal system is concerned with, is the punishment of the offender. Therefore, the rationale behind the punishment is an essential step in understanding such penal system. Also the application of any given penal system cannot be justified unless it has become clear that the rationale of punishment can successfully achieve the required ends and objectives.

Oct, 2006 pp. 65−74 32 views 9 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2016.rdmivnf2

INTERROGATING A THEORETICA L FRAMEWORK FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

Andrea Ajibade^*

In the last two decades environment and sustainability have replaced energy security and geopolitical perspectives for global energy study, and analysis. Studies observe the benefits of renewable energy technology for the environment and energy resources. Thus. renewable energy for electricity use developed in reaction to environmental concerns about the effects of non-renewable energy sources on ...

May, 2016 pp. 67-87 36 views 12 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.j16nby5x

Cohabitation of Unmarried Couples: Its Consequences and Legal Redress in the Modern World

Lilian Ifeoma Nwabueze^*, Nobert Chukwuka Okolie

Adults of opposite sex who have no blood affiliation are not expected to live together in close intimacy which encourages unguided physical and emotional contact. Legal approval to such cohabitation is derived only from marriage. Marriage automatically spells out during a couple’s lifetime and thereafter, the rights and obligations of each person and the duties they owe their off springs. The abov...

Nov, 2024 pp. 68-80 155 views 122 downloads

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2018.hglrx3hx

THE ROLE OF ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARIANS IN PROMOTING LEGAL AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

James Kepue Tunlong^*

The paper emphases on the importance of education and training of academic law librarians which will enhance their critical role of provision of access to justice and aid in the promotion of national integration and development. The Concept of Education and National Integration and reasons why National Integration is a failure is discussed. The legal discipline, the importance of law libraries to ...

Jun, 2018 pp. 68-80 28 views 8 downloads