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Contracts Research Paper

The research paper discusses hypothecation and Pledge In this case, the techniques of pledge and hypothecation can be employed to obtain contractual obligations and offer certain advantages. The primary focus of this paper is the need for a full analysis and comparison of these two techniques with regard to their application in real-world scenarios, their legal implications, and their impact on the enforceability of contracts. 

Issues in Traffic Law Administration in Nigeria

Abstract This work examined issues in traffic law administration in Nigeria. The paper traced the historical origin of the promulgation of traffic laws and establishment of traffic agencies in Nigeria. The study revealed that there are not only multiplicity of offenses and punishments in different statutory provisions in Nigeria, but that different agencies perform the same trac functions like arrest and prosecution with high chances of conflict of duties and without certainty where to draw t...

Duties of an In-house Counsel

Introduction The Legal Profession has come a long way. It is a profession that cannot exist without references to its rich history. The past, is as important as its present, because events that shapes its history are still serving not just as a guide to current legal happenings but may possibly inuence its future. From the humble beginning of the orators of ancient Athens, the legal profession has grown to what it currently is. It is one of the oldest profession, highly regulated and based o...

Legal Implications Associated with Participating in Social Media Groups

Abstract The emergence of social media platforms has contributed to making the world a global village. Social media as a means of communication has raised and thrown up legal issues relating to its administration and use generally. The issues consist of information management, privacy, liability of users and possible litigation there on. Further, such post could raise issues like libel, defamation and other several legal violations which may be intended or not necessarily deliberate. Attempts...

A Critical Examination of the Offence of Criminal Misappropriation

Abstract: This discourse delves into the offense of criminal misappropriation, exploring its definition, elements, and application within the realm of criminal law. It emphasizes the significance of statutory and judicial authorities in comprehending the intricacies of this offense and shaping its interpretation. The elements of criminal misappropriation, including dishonest intention, property belonging to another, appropriation without consent, and resulting wrongful gain or loss, are exami...

Development of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in the Republic of South Africa

This report serves to analyse the development of assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia in the Republic of South Africa post-apartheid with reference to countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands, where the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide has been decriminalised and regulated by the law. With the aid of various legal rules and principles which include but are not limited to; International law, relevant Constitutional and legislative provisions, stare decisis, proposed c...

A Study on International Labour Standards to Regulate Multinational Corporation in Developing Countries

The “transnational business conglomerate” remains to be an obsolete term. Talking about the painstaking efforts of earlier researchers, it would be significant to quote from them that the harbingers of cosmopolitan business approach were set by former colonial powers such as French and Dutch. In actuality, the British had undone their commercial interests, authorizing the East India Company to treat all nations as subsidiary commerce, generating its own loaves and fishes. International bu...

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE LEGAL CHALLENGES OF URBAN PLANNING. AN ANALYSIS OF COMPLIANCE WITH NEMA IN MBALE CITY.

The study delved into establishing how Mbale city has protected the environment thereby complying with the mandate given to NEMA in the wake of urban planning .This paper thus principally focused on how the environment especially in relation to protection of water catchment areas, waste management, pollution, forestry has been protected in Mbale city in the wake of urban planning and development.  The study was driven by three objectives the first examining the legal and regulatory framewor...

Analysis of the Efficacy of the Application of Summary Procedure Against the Ugandan Government

The study will map out the aspect of summary procedure against the Ugandan government. Trial as a rule must precede judgment but under summary procedure there is a judgment and never a trial. For long the government and scheduled corporations were protected from summary procedure until judicial activism opened the flood gates permitting summary suits to be brought against the scheduled corporations. This study will trace the growth and development of the use of summary procedure in the expedi...

Synopsis of Data Protection under the Nigerian Laws: Has the Universality of Right to Privacy Trickled Down to Nigeria?

The concept of personal data protection is no doubt, an off-shoot of the universal human right to privacy and confidentiality. Not only has it been ingrained under Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but it has also been incorporated into most of the regional human rights conventions, charters, and treaties, except, of course, the African Charter on Human Rights (ACHR) to which Nigerian affiliates with. Despite its conspicuous absence in the ACHR, the revolution in the in...

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What is Innovative in the Nigeria Police Act 2020

Introduction The Nigeria Police Act, 2020 which formally came into force on the 15th day of September 2020, by the assent of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari repealed the Police Act Cap P19 Laws of the Federation 2004. The general desire or aim of the new Act is to provide for an effective police service system for Nigeria which is based on the principles of accountability and transparency, protection of human rights, management of its resources an...

Equity and Trusts Law

Contents: Historical Background of Equity and Trusts law, Equity  Versus  Common Law, Effects of Equity  on Legal Certainty,  Traditional role of Equity and Trusts Law, Literature Review Introduction The law in the United Kingdom is mainly described as a body of rules either which have evolved over a long time throughcourt judgements or that which is clearly defined by legislation. However, there is another source of law referred to as Equity. The source of law developed thro...

Misconceptions of Women's Rights in Islam and Its Refutations: A Conceptual Study Based on Sources of Islamic Law

Abstract The status of women in Islam is clear and very unambiguous. Concerns are often raised about the status of women in Islamic law. Frequently, misunderstandings and misinterpretations about how women are handled by Islam are used to encourage. the notion that Islam is misogynistic in the western world. Consequently, the objectives of this study to identify the misinterpretation, misconceptions of woman's rights in Islamic and to provide appropriate refutations for the misconceptions....

Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD): Establishment And Functions of IGAD Based on one of Regional Integration Theories

IGAD is a Regional Economic Community (REC) in Eastern Africa and one of the eight building blocks of the African Economic Community (AEC) of the African Union (AU), (IAD,2016).  The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Eastern Africa was created in 1996 to supersede the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was founded in 1986 to mitigate the effects of the recurring severe droughts and other natural dis...

Recruitment Of Child Soldiers In Armed Conflicts In The Great Lakes Region: The Role Of Legal And Human Rights Instruments In The Protection Of Children's Rights

Abstract The Great Lakes Region which constitutes of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi is a region that has been invariable embroiled in wars and conflicts spanning decades. Broadly, a number of factors are responsible for this state of affairs ranging from social, cultural, economic and political factors. More specifically however, divergence in political thought and opinion, ethnicity, imperialistic tendencies, the struggle for wealth and natural ...


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