LAW PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. CYBER CRIME IN THE SOCIETY: PROBLEMS AND PREVENTIONS.

  » Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the perception of cybercrime among Nigerian youths using Caritas University as a study. In this research study, we found out people’s reaction to messages depends mainly on how it is perceived. To achieve the aim o the study, literature was reviewed. Survey research method was used in which questionnaire, the major instrument, was distributed to ...Continue Reading »

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• 2. JURISPRUDENTIAL ANALYSIS OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN NIGERIA: A ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Definition of Homosexuality Homosexuality is the romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or same sex[1]. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is “an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions” to people of the same sex. It also refers to a person's sense of i...Continue Reading »

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• 3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CORROBORATION UNDER NIGERIAN LAW OF EVIDENCE

  » Abstract There is no law that says the plaintiff or the prosecution must bring a million witnesses or evidence to court before he can succeed in his case. A court can convict on a single witness. A case is not decided by the numbers of witnesses, single credible convincing evidence is enough to convict in a case but there are some exceptions. The exceptions refer to by this learned mean the circum...Continue Reading »

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• 4. ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT IN RELATION TO THE MEANING OF LAW

  » Abstract Law can be defined as the body of rule designed or formulated to guide human actions or conducts which are enforced among the members of a given society, the breach of which attract sanctions. However, in spite of the ambiguity created in defining law and failure to reach universally acceptable definition of the term law. Therefore, it is most pertinent to examine the meaning of law from ...Continue Reading »

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• 5. A LEGAL LINK BETWEEN TRUST PROPERTY AND TRUSTEES UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

  » ABSTRACT According to the Black’s law dictionary, 6th edition trust property is defined as any money or property set aside as a trust for the benefit of another and held by a trustee. The trustee is the person vested with the right to hold property in trust on behalf of another called the beneficiary. The essence of trust relationship is to enable a testator/ settlor who own a legal estate t...Continue Reading »

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• 6. A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF LEGITIMACY AND LEGITIMIZATION UNDER NIGERIAN FAMILY LAW

  » CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION The question of legitimacy and legitimation are principally connected with status. It is therefore, important to determine the status of a child at any given moment as it has far reaching legal consequences. A child may be born legitimate or acquire that status by subsequent legitimation1. A legitimate child is one regarded by law as a child born with full rights and it confe...Continue Reading »

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• 7. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

  » ABSTRACT The decree of dissolution of marriage is defined as the legal separation of man and wife effected by the judgement or decree of the court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effect so far as it concerns the cohabitation of the parties. Dissolution of marriage seems to be on the increase these days, this is due to the fact that people rushed into ill adv...Continue Reading »

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• 8. DOUBLE-DECKER MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA ISSUES, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

  » ABSTRACT It has become a common practice in Nigeria for parties who intend to contract a statutory marriage to marry first under customary law before the solemnization of the statutory marriage. This practice maybe explained by the fact that though Western civilization and culture have permeated Nigerian society, most people, even the most sophisticated understandably regard themselves as bound by...Continue Reading »

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• 9. DUTY OF CARE ITS IMPLICATIONS TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT The Medical field is one of the most referred and reverenced profession in that it deals with the lives of human beings and in the course of their dealings with patients, these patients go through tests, operations, diagnosis to mention but a few. The Medical professionals in the course of discharging their duties are sometimes Negligent as regards adhering strictly to their professional ...Continue Reading »

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• 10. OFFENCE OF ADOPTION LAW AND POLICY IN THE NIGERIA LEGAL SYSTEM

  » ABSTRACT The essence of this work is borne out of the need to take critical look and an appraisal of the offence of Adoption under the Nigeria Legal System. In the course of this Study, an analysis shall be made as to it’s Law and Policy in the Nigeria Legal System. Chapter one of this work will give the basic introduction to this work, the background of the study, the object of this work, i...Continue Reading »

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• 11. RIGHT OF EXPRESSION UNDER THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

  » ABSTRACT The entrenchment of Right of Expression as a fundamental human right in Nigeria could be traced to the 1960 Independence Constitution and those that followed it. The Independence Constitution of 1960 and the Republican Constitution of 1963 have provisions for the protection of fundamental human rights. The 1979 and the 1999 constitutions went further by providing a bill of right. This ent...Continue Reading »

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• 12. THE NIGERIAN COPYRIGHT COMMISSION AND ADMINISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT IN NIGERIA AN ...

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION The law of copyright has its origin in English law. The first truly copyright status in England was the statute of Anne enacted in 1709[1] Before that Statute no real attempt had been made to give protections to creators although the introduction of printing into England from continental Europe [2]had made it imperative that authors, at least, of books, be given so...Continue Reading »

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• 13. TRUST PROPERTY A LEGAL LINK BETWEEN TRUST PROPERTY AND TRUSTEE UNDER THE NIGERIA...

  » CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION In most common law system, trust properties are those managed by one person, a group of people or organizations for the benefit of another. The modern rules of equality owe their origin and development to the English court of chancery1 and were formally received into the Nigerian legal system through various statutory enactments. Trust is an institution of equity whi...Continue Reading »

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• 14. AN APPRAISAL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROVING LAND OWNERSHIP IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1INTRODUCTION: Land is undoubtedly a major factor in the social and economic development of every country; it is perhaps the most important natural resources, in the sense that it affects every aspect of people’s lives. The word “Land” have various meaning depending on the use and content which they are used, in ordinary sense “Land” is the solid dried s...Continue Reading »

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• 15. ‘DO JUDGES MAKE LAW?’ A CURSORY LOOK AT THE RECURRING QUESTION

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0. INTRODUCTION Law is central to national governance and a nation can succinctly be described as a group of persons within a defined geographical confine and guided by given set of laws with a recognized governmental structure to make, execute and interpret the given set of laws. The whole idea of governance is circumvented around the idea of law hence the gover...Continue Reading »

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• 16. Politics of state creation in Nigeria (1967 – 2014)

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The history of state creation in Nigeria dates back to 1900 when Nigeria was divided into three distinct entities, the colony and protectorate of Lagos, the protectorate of Northern Nigeria and the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. Each of this was administered independently by an administrator. However, what was in existence prior to the divisi...Continue Reading »

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• 17. The Defence of provocation in Nigeria criminal justice system

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION It is a grievous offence and a serious crime under the common law for a person to cause the death of another person and no defense will avail such person. However, it soon developed that there is a rebuttable presumption that practically speaking every common law crime (offense) requires adequate proof of guilty soul. Generally, the presumption of the law is that a man int...Continue Reading »

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• 18. A COMPARATIVE APPRAISAL OF THE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF COURTCONNECTED ALTERNAT...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Abraham Lincoln, a former President of the United States once said: Discourage Litigation. Persuade your neighbours to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the normal winner is often the loser – in fees, expenses and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.1 In the pr...Continue Reading »

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• 19. A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF INCONCLUSIVE ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA A CASE STUDY OF 1993 G...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Stefan (2006) posits that official participatory choosing of leaders in form of formal government organized elections started in Africa in 1848; the first elections to legislative councils in former British colonies such as Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone and Zambia took place in the 1920s. Therefore, elections are not novel to the Nigerian State and h...Continue Reading »

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• 20. THE RIGHT OF AN ACCUSED PERSON UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM.THE RIGHT OF AN A...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The constitution provides safeguards for hearing in criminal cases. These safeguards are in an effort to give constitutional sanctity to the rules developed by common law as the basic pre requisites for a fair hearing. It is necessary to state that in the strict constitutional sense given in Section 6 of the Constitution, only a court can senten...Continue Reading »

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