Contents AGENCY. 2 AGENCY DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER RELATIONSHIPS. 2 CLASSES OF AGENTS. 3 KINDS OF AGENTS. 4 CAPACITY.. 6 FORMALITIES REQUIRED FOR THE FORMATION OF AN AGENCY. 7 CREATION OF AN AGENCY. 7 DUTIES OF THE AGENT. 11 RIGHTS OF AN AGENT AGAINST HIS PRINCIPAL.. 12 THE PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PARTIES. 13 TERMINATION OF AN AGENCY.. 13 HIRE PURCHASE. 14 THE NATURE OF HIRE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND ITS DISTINCTION FROM OTHER AGREEMENTS. 15 DYNAMICS AND RELATION...
GENERAL OVERVIEW AND APPLICABLE LAWS.WEEK 3 -- GENERAL OVERVIEW AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK:: OVERVIEW (OBJECTIVES, CONTENT AND SCOPE) OF THE PROPERTYLAW PRACTICE (MODULE) COURSE: Covers transactions and endeavours bearingon real property1 like deeds, power of attorney, Sale of Land, Leases and Tenancies,Assignment of Leases, Mortgages and charges, License, Easement, LRL, Wills andCodicils, PR, Property Taxation, etc.:: VARIOUS PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS:Sale of Land, Leases and Tenancies, Assignment, Mor...
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WEEK 3.TOPIC: AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK ANDREGULATORY BODIES ON CORPORATE LAW PRACTICE IN NIGERIA.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CAMA 1990.- Promulgated on 2nd January, 1990 and commenced on 31st December 1990.- It incorporates various principles of law and equity, has detailed provisions on Directors,Members, Secretaries, Accounts, Auditors, Meetings, Memo and Articles, e.t.c. It alsoestablishes the CAC as a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common sealcapable of suing and being sue...
NOTE:All you need is to understand the principles, then back it up with one or two popular case(s).CIVIL LITIGATIONContentsWEEK 3 .................................................................................................................................................... 2WEEK 4 .................................................................................................................................................... 3WEEK 5 PRELIMINARY MATTERS (1) ................................
ABSTRACT One of the most noticeable features of the social-cultural heritage of the Cameroon Grassfields is the chieftaincy institution. Chiefs are a permanent feature of the Cameroonian Grassfields society. Throughout history, Grassfields chiefs have been at the center of the political, social-economic and cultural life of their respective societies. This paper reveals that the violent det...
Abstract The unsettled and subjective nature of what constitute human rights abuse and extra-judicial killing affords most western nations and international media to misconstrue security-related matters in most developing world. More problematic is how such misconstrued reality on the ground and publicity inform policy decisions of these nation, thereby, undermining military counterinsurgency operation...
Abstract This paper examined the implication of Nigeria’s ratification of international human rights instruments in relation to enforcement of socio-economic rights in the country and debunked the age-long postulation that Chapter II of the Nigerian Constitution is nonjusticiable. The paper proceeded to show that even if Chapter II of the said Constitution was to be held to be non-jus...
A brief overview of the newly enacted Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020
This article proposes viable options to failing entities during the pandemic
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&n...
It is obvious that Article XXIV is one the most important gatt provision regarding ftas. In this article is mentioned that ftas should have four important features: (1) duties and other restrictive commercial regulations must be eliminated; (2) substantially all trade must be covered; (3) external tariffs and commercial regulations – that is, measures applicable to non-parties – may not be higher or more restrictive than those in effect before the FTA or interim agreement was concluded; a...
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...
Any attempt to define terrorism comes with a challenge. The influential author and historian Walter Laqueur (1977, p.5) declared that a comprehensive definition of terrorism is not possible. It has appeared in many different forms, under many different circumstances. It is no wonder that there are many approaches to understanding terrorism and its outcomes. This essay considers two schools of study that investigate the nature of terrorist conflict; Conventional Terrorist Studies (TS) and Crit...