Research Papers/Topics in Common Law

Law of torts notes

The Definition of Torts Torts are an action that wrongly causes harm to someone but that is not a crime and that is dealt with in a civil court. In other hand tort mean that, wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.

A Critical Review of Effectiveness of Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act 2017 in Nigerian Hospitals

ABSTRACT Background: victims of gunshot in Nigeria have for a long time found it very difficult to get prompt medical attention in healthcare centres all over the country; this is occasioned by the practice of demanding for a police report from injured persons before they can be given medical attention. On this basis, compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act was signed in January, 2018, to address the problem. Objectives: to examine the level of compliance of the Act by Nige...

A Critical Analysis Of The Legal Regime On Human Rights In Uganda.

TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................ ii DECLARATION ................................................................................................................................... iv APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................................... v DEDICATION ...............................

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...

Electronic Banking And The Law With The Performance Of Commercial Banks In Uganda

ABSTRACT  The study of the electronic banking and the related laws in Uganda has had a profound impact on this research. The commercial banking environment in Uganda has constantly changed with time. Through the brick and mortar banking halls, ccmmercial banks have invested heavily in the provision of varied services that encompass electronic services. The researcher thus carried out this research relying on both primary and seccndary data to establish the relationship that exists between el...

Attitude of Students to Clinical Legal Education: A Case Study of Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan

Abstract The students of the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan were introduced to the clinical way of legal education in the year 2008. This is a new teaching method different from the traditional method of teaching law. A specialized Women’s Law Clinic was also inaugurated to complement the clinical work in the faculty. This article reflects on the attitude of the students to this development, using the results of an unstructured interview of some third- and fifth-year law students, som...

The Guji-Oromo Women Places in the Society (Polio-Economic and Socio-Cultural Rights): In reference to the Gadaa System, South Ethiopia

This section starts with the historical review of Ethiopian women‘s roles and status analyzed from a feminist perspective. The aim is to find out whether there were feminist tendencies among the actions of women in the past and what forms those had. What has to be kept in mind is that women‘s right, question and other related issues, in the past and at present, were strongly influenced by the political and religious culture of society that continues unabated. Taking this into consideratio...

Editorial: Restructuring Nigeria, True Federalism or a Journey towards Confederacy?

This  maiden  editorial  of  the  Carnelian  Journal  of  Law  and  Politics examines  a  vital  question that  is essential  to the  Nigerian polity.  There have been  many  commentaries on the  imperfect  federalism practiced  in Nigeria,  which  is  the  consequence  of  the  foundational  problems  with  the Constitution  of  the  Federal  Republic  of  Nigeria,  1999.  Despite  the attempt  of  the  constitution  to  make  evident  the  re...

Elements of murder in Australian law

When considering murder there are several components of law which must be taken into account. This essay highlights elements of murder to be considered: mens rea (guilty mind), actus reus (guilty act), self-defence, provocation or involuntary manslaughter. The elements of murder must be addressed to ascertain if the act in question is actually murder. For a conviction to be safe, it is essential that the evidence provides an outcome that is beyond reasonable doubt; the burden of proof is upon...

Economic Justice and Judicial Structure: Realizing Economic Growth in Nigeria

Economic justice is the expression of the effective distribution of economic goods. This could be realized throughjudicial mechanisms. Effective judicial systems are the platform on which economic justice can be actualized. There is a positive connection between economic justice and an effective judicial system, and this is usually measured by the rule of law and the level of its regard. The paper argued that one of the established dysfunctional characteristics of developing nations is th...

AN EXAMINATION OF THE SCOPE AND LIMITS OF VICARIOUS LIABILITY UNDER THE NIGERIAN LAW

Vicarious liability is a common law rule incidental to colonialism in Nigeria which has since become an essential part of the Nigerian law. Vicarious liability is where a person without fault becomes liable for the tort of another because of some pre-existing relationship between them particularly, between a principal and his agent. Several justifications abound for the imposition of this rule. Vicarious liability is strict liability without fault on the part of an employer. By virtue of this...

ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINIAL JUSTICE ACT(1)

ABSTRACT Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 is an Act of National Assembly which is applicable to all criminal trials for offences established by an Act of the National Assembly and other offences punishable in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. That is, it is applicable in all Federal High Court Divisions, High Court of FCT, Abuja and Magistrates’ Courts within the FCT, Abuja. In the same vein, some states of the federation like Kogi State, Delta State and others have domestic...

LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ON CASHLESS ECONOMY AND E-COMMERCE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Being a developing country, electronic commerce is a relatively new phenomenon in commercial transactions in Nigeria. This research work analysed the legal and regulatory framework on cashless economy and electronic commerce in Nigeria. Doctrinal research methodology was adopted in the course of the study. The major findings in the work is reflected on insufficient legal and regulatory framework for electronic signature, taxation of electronic commerce, online consumer protection amo...

SECTION 285 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

The paper is intended to interrogate section 285 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) with a view to determining whether it is a statute of limitation. 

CRITICAL APPRAISAL ON OPINION EVIDENCE

ABSTRACT Generally, where a court is faced with the problem of determining a suit before it, such can only be solved after making an enquiry into the relevant facts of the evidence put before it by the parties, drawing inferences from those facts, and listening to arguments of parties to the case or of their counsel. Evidence is there from called as a means by which those facts can be proved. Evidence of what the witness thinks, believes or infers in regard to facts in dispute, as distinguish...


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