Articles

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.4fslltdh

CONSTRAINTS IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN KADUNA STATE

B. Y. IBRAHIM^*

The Nigeria Government both Federal and States have initiated olicies and legislation for the protection and preservation of the environment. Various legislation were made to deal with specific and eneral matters that affect the environment. Protection and preservation ofthe environment 1s not only the concern of Nigerian government, it 1$ roday 4 global agenda. For a country to achieve success in...

Jun, 1998 pp. 81-89

102

Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2015.78l8qf4k

THE ROLE OF A JUDGE IN CONFLICT OF LAWS

Dr. Farida Aisha Kera^*

Conflict of laws is that part of the law which comes into operation whenever an issue before the court contains a foreign element'. It is its function to ascertain which potentially applicable law must be chosen for determination of the issue. According to Leflar’: Any case which Involves facts occurring in more

May, 2015 pp. 83-94

103

Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.jk9agb6r

STABILITY OF INVESTMENT CONTRACTS AND THE GLOBALIZATION OF FINANCE

A. K. Usman^*

Multinationals operating mostly in developing countries always want security of tenure for their capital investment in such countries. They inject into investment contracts provisions that seek to preserve not only the life span of the agreement but its essential terms. In seeking to. achieve this, legitimacy of maintaining the status quo is often sought from the principle of sanctity of contract ...

Oct, 2006 pp. 86-93

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2026.ejz2ldz7

APPRAISAL OF BEQUEST OF COMPANY SHARES UNDER ISLAMIC LAW

M. A. Deribe^*

This paper appraises the bequest of company shares under Islamic law Shari'a. It examines the permissibility of bequeathing shares, considering them as a form of fungible property mithli or a combination of tangible and intangible assets. The study explores the conditions and restrictions governing such bequests, including the limitations on the bequeathable portion of the estate (typically one-th...

Feb, 2026 pp. 88–112

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2016.c5ud3bsc

BOKO HARAM AND THE LAW: AN APPRAISAL OF THE RULE OF LAW. BASED AND THE SECURITY-BASED APPROACHES TO COUNTERTERRORISM

Nuraddeen A. Ayagi^*

For several decades, individual states have made legal provisions that govern violent crimes either against the state or its citizens. State’s penal laws painstakingly set out the procedure to be followed by law enforcement agents and prosecutors alike in combating, detection and prosecution of offences taking into account basic rights of suspects and accused as enshrined in the state’s bill of ri...

May, 2016 pp. 88-96

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.5sjcgem4

UNITED NATIONS MECHANISM FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES’ RIGHTS: A CASE STUDY OF UNHCR

M. B. Dalhatu^*

A humanitarian and non-political organization, the United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCRis mandated by the UN to protect refugees and help them find solutions to their plight. As the problem of displacement has grown in complexity over the past half century, UNHCR has expanded from a relatively small, specialized agency with as envisioned three-year lifespan to an organization of over ...

Jun, 2006 pp. 89-98

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.2y7mlnvn

REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF AMORC vs. AWONIYI AND 3 OTHERS: A JUDICIAL REVOLUTION AGAINST SECRET CULTS IN NIGERIA?

A. A. Akume^*

The right to freedom of worship, thought, conscience, and religion is guaranteed in the Nigerian Constitution. This right is further r nforced by the guarantee of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association for the protection of the interests of persons belonging to that assembly or association.” The emergence of secret cults in recent times has poised a great challenge to the exerci...

May, 1998 pp. 90-96

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2019.cvqywh6y

THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE PROTECTION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS OBJECTS IN ARMED CONFLICT: LESSONS FOR NIGERIA

Bello Abdullahi^*

This paper analyzes the role of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in the protection of places of worship and religious objects in armed conflict with particular reference to its domestic application in Nigeria. While the international community today inclusive of Nigeria witnesses recurrent instances of attacks on places of worship and religious objects thereby killing worshippers in their perf...

Aug, 2019 pp. 91-110

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2025.9i9afy4u

AN EXAMINATION OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE NIGERIA POLICE BY THE EXECUTIVE ORGAN OF GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA

Ijalana Emmanuel Folayan^*

The Nigeria Police is a creation of the Nigerian Constitution and other extant laws. For effective performance of its functions, the Nigeria Police is placed under some institutions which include the executive organ of the government, the legislature and the judiciary, aside from the command control mechanism inherent in the Inspector-General of Police with his subordinate instructors. This paper ...

Mar, 2025 pp. 92-114

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.4ghiyj6x

AN APPRAISAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAMIC LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999

Y. Y. Bambale^*

Human rights in Islam are those rights which have been bestowed and guaranteed by the Almighty Allah. They cannot be amended, changed, abrogated or withdrawn by any executive, legislative or judicial body or anybody at all. The rights are not mere theoretical concepts. They are backed up by sanctions in case of violation. Therefore, in an Islamic state, these (human) rights must be accepted, recog...

May, 2002 pp. 92-110