Volume 40 (2023)

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.px9ojqx5

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF JUDGMENT WRITING UNDER ISLAMIC AND CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS

Sa'ad Musa Abubakar^*

The importance of judgment writing as a vehicle for the administration of justice cannot be overemphasized. It is the most secured record system that contains the courts’ verdict on different adjudicated cases, which if carefully kept it lasts for centuries. The paper focuses on the comparative analysis of judgment writing under the Islamic and conventional systems. Thus, through the use of doctri...

Jun, 2023 pp. 189-204

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.yoe86vu0

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RULES OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS UNDER ENGLISH AND ISLAMIC LAWS

Muhammad Salisu Isa^*, Yahaya Mohammed Kanam

With the collapse of many organizations, many researchers are increasingly paying attention to professional ethics. But ethical issues are not always clear-cut; there are many grey areas that need to be threaded with care by professional bodies. To determine whether an action or decision is ethically carried out, ethical theories, developed mainly by Western scholars, are the current theoretical f...

Jun, 2023 pp. 205-220

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.9hylswqm

AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MALIKI SCHOOL OF LAW: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHALLENGES

Mustapha Shehu Sheka^*, A.M Ma'aji

The Maliki School of Law is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence. It was founded by Malik Ibn Anas in the 8th century. The school relies on the Qur’an and Hadith as primary sources. Unlike other schools of jurisprudence, it also considers the practice of the people of Madina, such as Maslaha and Sad aL dhari’a among others, to be a valid source of Islamic law. It is against this ...

Jun, 2023 pp. 221-232

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.2960aw3j

JURISPRUDENTIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE MEDIA: EXPLORING ALTERNATE APPROACHES FOR NATIONAL INTEREST

Ahmad Jibrin Suleiman^*

The media is under going unprecedented revolution. Both the conventional and new media, in the exercise of their acclaimed freedom draws serious concern for, and threat to national interest. This also have posed challenges to the law. The paper highlighted the old and current doctrinal boundaries of the media and the trending aspects of negative impact such as news framing, hate speeches and other...

Jun, 2023 pp. 233-243

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.7ur9jd04

AN APPRAISAL OF THE LIABILITY REGIME FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICES IN NIGERIA

Ngozi Ufomadu Anthony^*, A. I. BAPPAH

Medical practice is bedeviled with medical practitioner’s practices that are contrary to the ethics of the profession, which consist of incbility to effectively exercise the duty of care and skill on a pat ent. Judgments or actions of a medical practitioner require more than is expected of the practitioner that is why a medical practitioner should exhibit the due care and skill in the discharge of...

Jun, 2023 pp. 244-263

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.9rnw3qns

AN EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT OF GIRL-CHILD TO EDUCATION UNDER NIGERIAN LAW AND POLICY

Dije Mohammed^*, Dalhat A. Idris

Absence of discrimination on education for both girls and boys ultimately contributes to more equal relationships between women and men in terms of developing the country. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights which was adopted in 1948 provides for access to education as a fundamental human right. Over the years, literacy level which is being influenced by access to quality basic education bec...

Jun, 2023 pp. 179-188

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.mz7p4md6

AN EXAMINATION OF THE SCOPE OF THE OFFENCES OF BANDITRY (HIRABAH) AND INSURGENCY (AL-BAGHYU) IN ISLAMIC LAW

M. B. UTHMAN^*, Hafsatu Sulaiman

In recent times, Nigeria has been bedevilled by terrorism championed by the Boko Haram on one hand and banditry on the other. Both offences are not only violent in nature, but they threaten the existence of the whole society by destroying the six interests which the Sharia intends to protect. Such as life, property, dignity and lineage. The Nigerian state has tried to tame/solve this problem eithe...

Jun, 2023 pp. 1-19

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.hrf9gd0r

PROBING THE CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE OF STATE HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE

Muhammad Tukur Jibril^*

The Nigerian Constitution guaranteed a system of local government by way of democratically elected councils. However in recognition of the powers of the States in the conduct of local government, the Constitution granted the State House of Assembly power to establish the councils and define their composition, structure, functions and finance, among others. This paper, utilising doctrinal method, w...

Jun, 2023 pp. 113-131

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.4zdeeafv

ENFORCEMENT OF COPYRIGHTS IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY: RE-EXAMINING THE RELEVANCE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF TERRITORIALITY

Muhammad Kabir Abdullah^*

With every technological innovation, copyright jurisprudence faces conflicting shades of impact. On the one hand, the emergence of Internet technology, like its predecessors, enhances communications systems so that across huge distances and space, works of creativity travel regardless of physical territorial borders. On the other hand, copyright abuses, especially in the virtual world, have become...

Jun, 2023 pp. 132-148

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.91t2vy8b

AN ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF THE RULES AGAINST RIBA IN ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE

Muhammad Sambo Umar^*, Ahmad Abubakar

The emergence of Islamic banking and finance in the Muslim world has remained the most inspiring and outstanding financial and economic phenomenon of the 21st century. Basically, Islamic banking and finance refers to banking and financial activities that are based on the principles of Islamic Law, which fundamentally prohibits the charging of interest. It is a finance activity that is consistent w...

Jun, 2023 pp. 149-164

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.uh91h48l

UTILISING THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE) RULES 2009 AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION IN NIGERIA: FINDINGS FROM A SURVEY OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

Ebunoluwa Popoola^*

In an era when the quality of life and enjoyment of rights is threatened by environmental degradation, environmental litigation is increasingly incorporating human rights law. This raises questions on the possibility of utilising the procedure for the enforcement of fundamental rights to protect the right to a healthy environment. The decision of the Nigerian Supreme Court in the case of Centre fo...

Jun, 2023 pp. 20-40

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.phrtcs1c

LEGAL AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES TO JOURNALISM PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Dahiru Muhammad Sani^*, Salim Bashir Magashi

The agitation for marginalization among some ethnic and to some extent, religious groups in Nigeria has become a common trend in recent times. These agitations have taken the dimension of majority-minority divides depending on who is in power. The media is largely to blame for this divide because of the manner in which law and ethics of media practice have been negated in reporting issues of natio...

Jun, 2023 pp. 41-57

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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.2023.wijio7wv

DIVERSITY AND THE QUESTION OF MARGINALIZATION IN THE APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDICIAL OFFICERS AMONG THE THREE MAJOR TRIBES OF HAUSA, IGBO AND YORUBA IN NIGERIA

Musa Adamu Aliyu^*

Diversity in the appointment of judges is vital in the administration of justice as it helps in instilling public confidence in the judiciary. Nigeria is a heterogeneous society with various ethnic and tribal groups. This paper looks at the approaches in the diversity of the appointment of judicial officers in Nigeria. The scope of the work is limited to the Federal Judicial Officers in Nigeria th...

Jun, 2023 pp. 94-112

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.tgypc5na

AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ON WATER POLLUTION IN NIGERIA

Nwosu Ivie Deborah^*

The challenges of water pollution have advanced into a severe menace in Nigeria, it has caused deaths and irreparable loss of lives and living. The accumulation of synthetic chemicals and waste in groundwater and surface water has posed a snowballing peril to future development. The prevalence of water pollution is alarming, this problem has given rise to this paper which takes a purview at the le...

Jun, 2023 pp. 71-89

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Research Article DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2023.z8qzn699

LEGAL EXAMINATION OF CYBER FRAUD IN NIGERIA'S BANKING TRANSACTIONS

Hamisu Sani^*

The advent of technology has revolutionised the global financial sector and provided unprecedented convenience and efficiency in banking operations. However, this transformation has ushered new challenges, especially the alarming rise in cyber fraud in Nigeria’s banking transactions. The aim of the paper is to examine the multifaceted cyber fraud in banking transactions, with a focus on the releva...

Jun, 2023 pp. 165-178