Articles

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2002.swmcudkl

TRANSNATIONAL STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

M. T. 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

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1992.bee4mgg4

SOME ASPECTS OF REFORM IN THE NIGERIAN LAW OF EVIDENCE

M. T. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2004.3getoyy4

EFFECT OF PAYMENT OF WAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE OF TERMINATION ON CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA

N.E WORUGII^*

This paper is intended to highlight the effect of payment in lieu of notice of termination of contract of employment by an employer and acceptance of such payments by the employee on the contract of employment? Put in another way, when can payment of wages in lieu of notice be said to have effectively terminated contract of employment? This has become necessary as it seems to have become a recurre...

Oct, 2004 pp. 37−52

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2019.l18rtxum

THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT IN NIGERIA

Dike C. Obalum^*, Uwakwe Abugu, Maureen Stanley-Idum

Medical identity theft (MIT) is a sensitive subject that concerns patients, potential patients, health insurance companies, health care providers, the general populace and governments. The concern has been heightened by the growing emphasis on privacy and security of electronic health information and the need to develop measures to protect them. Identity is a set of behavioural or personal charact...

Aug, 2019 pp. 38-49

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2018.brw2icao

NIGERIA: FROM DOOMED INDIGENISATION TO TORTUOUSPRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME

Shittu A. Bello^*

In view of the precarious socio-economic condition of Nigeria at independence in 1960, the Federal Government established between 1960 and 1970 several industries. Some of the industries were considered by government as ‘strategic’ and capable of stimulating social growth and development. Public corporations were established to run the industries. However, the dominance of state enterprises in the...

Jun, 2018 pp. 38-52

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.yij9x73r

AN APPRAISAL OF THE JURISDICTION COURTS IN ASCERTAINING THE APPLICABLE LAW OF TORTS IN CONFLICT OF LAWS SITUATION

Mohammed Ajibola, Yusuf^*, Dahiru Muhammad Sani, Dr. Farida Aisha Kera

Conflict of laws is an aspect of law which deals with conflict between different legal systems, whether at international or domestic levels. This aspect of law is mostly used to resolve the conflict between legal systems where parties to it come from different jurisdictions. There is generally uncertainty in the application of law of torts in conflict of laws situation in Nigeria especially where ...

Nov, 2024 pp. 39-56