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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2024.fdj78ps8

AN EXAMINATION OF THE DRAFTING STYLE OF STRICT LIABILITY OFFENCES IN NIGERIA

Nansat Stephanie Omoarebu*

There is a longstanding societal consensus that there should be no criminal punishment without moral blameworthiness. Nevertheless, a new dimension to the basic principles of criminal responsibility emerged, making it possible for a distinct group of offences to be punishable without regard to any mental element. These are known as strict liability offences. This paper seeks to examine the draftin...

Nov, 2024 pp. 57-67
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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2015.y1t0qpoo

JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT ON TITLE TO LAND: A JUDICIAL MYTH OR REALITY

Abubakar Is’haq*

Judicial jurisdiction is the legal power and authority of a court to make a decision that binds the parties to any matter properly brought before it.’ Itis a court’s power to decide a case or issue a decree.” Thus, jurisdiction is the power of court to determine a matter; it presupposes the existence of a duly constituted court with control over the subject matter and the parties.” A court is said...

May, 2015 pp. 57-71
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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.rbm2a0h3

AN APPRAISAL OF INNOVATIONS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ISLAMIC LAW IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Dalhat A. Idris*, Ish'aq Abubakar

It is trite beyond any equivocation that the world has been digitalized through information and communication technology (ICT). As such, education has also gone digital. Thus lecturers and students are now driven on the precepts of modern way of educational information dissemination. In tandem with the above assertion, the modern instructional materials such as multimedia and Information and Commu...

Jun, 2023 pp. 58-70
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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2007.hui7lv2c

STRIKES IN NIGERIA: LEGAL IMPLICATION AND CHALLENGES

Audi J.A.M*

Both labour and management have certain interests to protect. Management expects to secure labour at the price that would allow a reasonable margin for investment. Also, workers expect real wages to’ increase steadily, to have a reasonable standard of living and to have job security. Furthermore, management expects the production and distribution of goods and supply of services which is planned on...

May, 2007 pp. 58-73
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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.1998.ssw67f0e

"KHUL": THE RIGHT OF A WOMAN TO INSTITUTE DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS: NATURE, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.

Y. Y. Bambale*

The moment the marriage contract is concluded, the spouses are enjoined to do their utmost to implement the obligations imposed on them through the teachings of Islam, so as to render their married life an abode of bliss and compassion. This, they have to do, despite their differences of opinion, thought, taste, temperament, inclination and behaviour etc. These differences are bound to arouse disp...

Jun, 1998 pp. 59-68
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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
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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
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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
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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