LAW PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 261. AN ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF TESTIMONY AS A MEANS OF PROOF IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The word Testimony means: the evidence of a witness usually given in court and usually under oath.1The first source of the proof of a crime or a right in islamic law is SHAHADA i.e Testimony literally means: information of what one has witnessed or seen or beheld with his eyes, declaration of what one knows, decisive information, it also...Continue Reading »

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• 262. AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF FISCAL LAWS RELATING TO PETROLEUM OPERATIONS IN N...

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION FISCAL as a word has two etymologies,1 and it relates to taxation, public revenues or public debt management and policies.2 Normally, we speak of fiscal policy, which is a deliberate governmental action that attempts consciously to control the actions of individuals and companies by means of spending and taxation decisions. It has been stated that ...Continue Reading »

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• 263. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PREVENTION AND MI...

  » CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Ethno religious conflicts in Nigeria can be divided into two broad periods. They are pre independence ethno religious conflicts, that is the period before 1st October, 1960; and post independence ethno religious conflicts, that is the period after 30th September, 1960. This work is concerned only with the post independence ethno religio...Continue Reading »

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• 264. AN EXAMINATION OF INVESTORS’ PROTECTION UNDER NIGERIAN LAW

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study An investor is a person who puts money into financial schemes, shares, or property with the expectation of making a profit.1An investor is someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns or a person who commits money to investment products with the expectation of financial return. An investor is a person, company, or Organization ...Continue Reading »

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• 265. EXAMINATION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF PARALEGALS UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Law has over time helped in reconstructing societies and determining the framework within which a society and its people must work to ensure harmony, peace and reduction in conflict of interest. Roscoe Pound opines that to reduce the conflict of interest the society must adopt the force of social engineering. Law is social engineerin...Continue Reading »

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• 266. THE CONCEPT OF WAR AND PEACE IN ISLAMIC LAW (MAFHUUM AL-HARB WAS-SALAAM FISH-SHA...

  » CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION Although this work is not the first of its kind. There were various works on Islamic Law of War and peace dated back to over 700 years ago by reknown scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah1, Khadduri Majid,2 and Abu Sulaiman Abdul Hamid3 and a host of others. Perhaps the only mark of difference in the present work is its contemporary nature. Since arabic lan...Continue Reading »

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• 267. THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE TO CAPITAL RECONSTRUCTION OF BANKS IN NIGERIA.

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM In Medieval Latin, capital appears to have denoted the head of cattle or other livestock, which have always been important source of wealth beyond the basic meat, milk, hides, wool and fuel they provide1. Like the modern capital livestock has the potential to generate surplus value for accumulation. This principle of accumulation and p...Continue Reading »

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• 268. THE FARMEWORK OF ECONOMIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE ECOWAS TREATY: A CASE STUDY...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND In many parts of the world today some form of economic integration is either in existence or actively in prospect. This wide spread enthusiasm for the formation of customs unions, free trade areas, common markets or economic unions among groups of countries derives from a complex of motives and sentiments. In Western Europe after the Second Wo...Continue Reading »

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• 269. THE ROLE OF LAW IN PROMOTING GENERAL SAFETY ON FLIGHT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Aviation is the science or practice of flying through the air in heavier than air machine1. Aviation is one of the greatest and important unique inventions of man in the area of transportation. It is the most veritable means of transportation of people and goods around the globe. Other uniqueness includes expeditious circulation of vital...Continue Reading »

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• 270. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION The main issue arising from the relationship between foreign investment and environmental protection have been raised by academics and practitioners of international investment law.[1] The centre of the problem lies in the fact that protecting the rights of investors and environmental protection are often clashing objectives. Trying to synchronize these two fie...Continue Reading »

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• 271. AN APPRAISAL OF THE POWERS OF THE STATE CHIEF JUDGE IN PRISON DECONGESTION IN NI...

  » CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO STUDY On the general issue of imprisonment as an aspect of punishment, the retributivists and the deterrent philosophers’ stress that a deviant should be punished in order to pay him back for his actions and to deter him or others from committing crime. Imprisonment is most appropriately conceived as a formal perspective of inflicting pain on the individuals, which ...Continue Reading »

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• 272. RIGHT TO LIFE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA LAW AND SOUTH AFRICAN LAW

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Definition of terms This research deals with the diplomatic protection of right to life as practised by the Republic of South Africa and Nigeria. According to the International Law Commission’s (ILC) Draft Articles on diplomatic protection Diplomatic protection consists of the invocation by a State, through diplomatic action or other means of peaceful settlem...Continue Reading »

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• 273. THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COURT (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE NIC)

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND TO STUDY The National Industrial Court, was established in 1976, by virtue of the Trade Disputes Decree No. 7 of 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the TDA) which, Decree was later amended by the Trade Disputes (Amendment) Act 1992.[1] Later, it was included as Cap 432 in the 1990 edition of the laws of the Federation of Nigeria with jurisdiction to s...Continue Reading »

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• 274. ASSESSMENT OF THE CHALLENGES OF COMPANY INCORPORATION IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study In Nigeria today the law governing the administration of the company formation is the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA)[1]. The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) is the body set up by section 1(1) of CAMA to administer the Act including the regulation and supervision of the formation, incorporation, registration, management, and w...Continue Reading »

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• 275. IMPACTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

  » ABSTRACT The various reports of the Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), more than anything else, cleared all doubts as to whether the earth is indeed warming up. Thermometers in over 17,000 weather Stations could not be argued with. Man made (anthropogenic) activities have resulted in unpredictable and profound changes that alter the composition of the global atmosphere causing sign...Continue Reading »

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• 276. DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY ADMINIS...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Corporate criminal liability as a principle under the criminal law and rule is a controversial topic. This is because it is absurd to hold a company criminally liable as opposed to criminal acts ordinarily done by a person or a group of persons. The concept of corporate criminal liability denotes that a company is a legal person hence cannot be ...Continue Reading »

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• 277. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ALIENATION OF FAMILY LAND HOLDING IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study This study will assess the issues and challenges encounter or suffer in alienation of family land by purchasers in Nigeria, particularly in Yoruba and Ibo custom since 1960 to date. The major challenge a purchaser of family land encounter is the issue of ‘consent’. It has become a general practice in Nigeria that absolute tit...Continue Reading »

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• 278. APPLICATION OF THE “DOCTRINE OF LAST SEEN” IN HOMICIDE TRIALS IN NIGERIA CRI...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research The doctrine was stated with much clarity, weight and legal force in the Moses Jua case thus: The position as firmly settled, is that if Mr. A was last seen alive with or in company of Mr. B and the next thing that happened, was the disappearance of Mr. A, the irresistible inference is that Mr. A was or had been killed by Mr. B. The onus is o...Continue Reading »

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• 279. APPRAISE CONSTITUTIONALISM IN NIGERIA WITH THE INTENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHALLENGE...

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study Man is endowed with a modicum of freedom. No man can be subjected to the political hegemony or power of another without his own consent.[1] However, the realities of communalism[2] and social interactions among men demand a leader or ruler to whom the inhabitants of a political society should abdicate their right to freedom. The ruler e...Continue Reading »

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• 280. IMPROVED CONSUMER PROTECTION THROUGH IMPROVED LEGISLATION AND REGULATION OF THE ...

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Small businesses are normally privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships, whose staff strength vary from country to country. Small businesses can also be classified according to other methods such as sales, assets or net profits. Small businesses are usually run by entrepreneurs.[1] The growth of Small and Medium Sca...Continue Reading »

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