LAW PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 21. 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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• 22. 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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• 23. 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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• 24. 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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• 25. 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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• 26. 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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• 27. ‘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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• 28. 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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• 29. 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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• 30. 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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• 31. 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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• 32. THE RIGHT OF AN ACCUSED PERSON UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

  » 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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• 33. UNICEF AND THE CHILD RIGHT ACT IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background to the Study The strength of the economy of a country is said to be dependent largely on the mental and social health of women and children of that country. This implies that the prosperity of a nation invariably rests on people oriented governmental policies for the posterity of that nation, Olamide (2013). Therefore, it is incumbent upon the government of the given soc...Continue Reading »

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• 34. THE-REVIEW-OF-THE-LEGAL-REGIME-FOR-FIGHTING-CORRUPTION-IN-NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction In 2011, Nigeria was ranked 143th out of 182 countries surveyed by the corruption perception index indicating the level of corruption in the country as compared to other countries. Although this rank came as an improvement from the previous years, it did not result from an improved system of governance, rather it was due to an increase in the number of countries that p...Continue Reading »

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• 35. THE TWIN CONCEPTS OF CORPORATE PERSONALITY AND LIFTING OF VEIL OF INCORPORATION ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 MEANING, NATURE AND SCOPE OF A COMPANY A general review of the relevant texts on company law and practice in Nigeria, and indeed within the commonwealth, will reveal that many authors have hold different opinions as to the meaning of the term “Company”. This is because, just as we have many authors on company law and practice around the globe, so also exist...Continue Reading »

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• 36. THE RULE IN RYLANDS V FLETCHER AS A PANACEA FOR THE CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study Nigeria as a nation has been identified as the biggest black nation in the world with an official population of proximally 140 million by the official report from National Population Commission of Nigeria in 2006. In 2015 there has been an increase in human population in Nigeria. Nigeria has an approximated human population of 180 million. Nigeria f...Continue Reading »

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• 37. THE PROPRIETY OF ADMISSIBILITY OF IMPROPERLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL TRIAL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The sensitivity as to the nature of the subject matter is my motivation, and inspiration to write on the subject, this is because any misapplication or undue consideration of illegally obtained evidence amount to injustice to the accused 1.2 Statement of Problem The problem which is intended to be tackled by writing on this topic or subject incl...Continue Reading »

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• 38. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK PROHIBITING CYBERCRIMES IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Cyber Crime is one of the words frequently used by individuals in our contemporary society. To understand the true meaning of cybercrime, there is the need to understand the basic meaning of Cyber and Crime. The term “Cyber” is a prefix used to describe an idea as part of the computer and Information age and “Crime” can be described as any activity ...Continue Reading »

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• 39. THE LAND USE ACT OF 1978. APPRAISAL PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The importance of land to the man on earth through all ages can hardly be overemphasized. Land, though represents only about two fifth of the earth’s surface, it provides a platform on which man’s activities are predicated. It is however ironical that while the world population increases, the land in supply appears to be re...Continue Reading »

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• 40. The impact of positivism in the fight against criminality in Nigeria

  » CHAPTER ONE Background of the Study is a a topic which looks at the effect and accomplishments of various Acts, Laws, Statutes and Court Decisions in combating crime.This topic is of interest to any would be lawyer as it enquires into the very nature of law and elaborates more on the relationship between law strictly speaking (positivism) and law as it ought to be (Natural theory of law). It asks...Continue Reading »

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