Volume 9 (2024)

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.b8sg4nd8

AN APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL IN NIGERIA AND ITS IMPACT ON RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY

Baamlong, Denaaneh Daniel^*, Makplang Fwangson Musa

Human rights issues have not only become a global concern but remarkable interest aimed at protecting and promoting universal respect for, and observance of human rights. The right to a fair trial is one of the universally applicable right guarantees recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and also constitutionally. Using the doctrinal method of legal research, this article apprais...

Jun, 2024 pp. 189-206

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.0q98v0og

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR 2023-2024: CONTENDING LEGAL ISSUES ON DEFENCES OPEN TO ISRAEL

Musa Y Suleiman^*

To put the genocide tendencies of men under the guise of war on check, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (the Convention) and the Rome Statute among other humanitarian international legislations were enacted. Israel experienced the massacre of its citizens in the hands of Hamas on the 7/10/2023. About fourteen hundred people were killed and over a hundred persons abducted...

Jun, 2024 pp. 175-187

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.ltgb336d

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR SURROGACY IN NIGERIA: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH SOUTH AFRICA

N.K. Dariyem^*, R.M. Donglong, R.J. Goar

Surrogacy is a process that enables couple or individual who cannot conceive naturally as a result of infertility caused by either medical condition or other natural process to have children through surrogate mother. The process is often regulated by a legal agreement that define the respective rights and obligations of parties. While surrogacy is allowed in many countries, in some countries, the ...

Jun, 2024 pp. 163-174

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.3hm1r6bc

APPRAISAL OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND THE CAUSES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN NIGERIA

Igwe, O. W, Agbo, I. L^*

The right to life is meaningless without the right to health. Ensuring health gives life its true significance. Since life is invaluable, securing the right to health should not be limited to discussions about funding. If life is important, the right to health must be a priority in policy decisions. Among the aim and objectives of this paper is to examine the legal requirements for securing the ri...

Jun, 2024 pp. 148-162

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.1jyuq2zj

THE FEDERAL COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW

Egondu Grace Ikeatu^*, Alex Iloba Uwadinma, Favour Onoriode Ebbah

Consumer rights are those rights given to a consumer to protect him from being cheated by manufacturers of goods and services. This is achieved by consumer protection laws. Through the instrumentality of these laws, the government aims to protect the rights of consumers. There is a logical, moral, and political force in the proposition that consumers should have the right to take decision about th...

Jun, 2024 pp. 139-147

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.79r5za7i

ASSESSING EMPLOYMENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF MINING COMPANIES AS THE PIVOT FOR INVESTMENT DECISION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA’S MINING SECTOR

Sunday Bontur Lugard^*, Ijeoma Anozie

The Nigerian mining sector is in a developmental phase, with the Federal Government actively working to attract foreign investment in the sector as a means of diversifying from the petroleum industry while also enhancing local capacity and expertise. To structure this sector effectively, the government has implemented legal and policy frameworks to regulate local employment, a common strategy amon...

Jun, 2024 pp. 101-113

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.wxbxxvb9

LEGAL CHALLENGES TO UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Okoho E. Etim^*

The growth and viability of universities depend critically on their capacity to exercise autonomy. It includes the capacity of academic institutions to exercise self-governance, decide on matters of academic policy, oversee finances, and maintain internal affairs free from excessive external interference. But attaining and preserving this independence presents serious legal difficulties, especiall...

Jun, 2024 pp. 114-127

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.hxqvsupe

PROPOSING SUITABLE CLIMATE JUSTICE MODELS FOR RESOLVING THE FARMERS-HERDERS CONFLICT IN NIGERIA

Akobella Tommy Joshua^*

One of the most intractable security challenges facing the Nigerian state is the perennial farmers-herders conflict leading to dire humanitarian crises. The main cause of the conflict is the competition for scarce land and water resources between the nomadic livestock herders and sedentary farmers. Free range grazing on cultivated farmlands often leads to violent clashes between these two importan...

Jun, 2024 pp. 89-100

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.dq5oeze5

THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND THE CHALLENGES OF ENFORCEMENT FOR BREACH OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

I. Yusuf^*

Entertainment law involves a dexterous interplay of contract law, labour or employment law, fashion law, intellectual property law, sports law and many others. This paper discusses the copyright protection in the entertainment industry in Nigeria with the objective of analysing existing legal framework of copyright owners in the entertainment industry on the various legal remedies both civil and c...

Jun, 2024 pp. 128-138

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.g6mui1ax

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS IN NIGERIA

Tobiloba Awotoye^*, Ibharalu Emmanuella

Counter-terrorism laws play a crucial role in addressing and preventing acts of terrorism in any country. This paper provides a critical analysis of the counter-terrorism laws in Nigeria, focusing on the effectiveness, challenges, and implications of these laws in combating the growing threat of terrorism in the country. In doing this, the author adopted a qualitative method making use of library-...

Jun, 2024 pp. 55-68

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.n4zzzuf6

CREDIBLE ELECTORAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA

Tobias Musa Ngufuwan^*

The overarching goal of this paper is to explore and situate the role of a credible electoral justice system in midwifing and consolidating democracy in Nigeria. Underscoring the importance of elections to democracy, the paper provided a brief conceptual framework on electoral justice and its centrality in building and nurturing democratic ethos and practices in the country. In the main, it discus...

Jun, 2024 pp. 37-54

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.rykk53pt

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: A LEGAL REVIEW OF OIL SPILLS REMEDIATION IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION

Empire Hechime Nyekwere^*, Desmond O.N. Agwor

Environmental quality and its sustainability of resources are vital to the general well-being and advancement of the people of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. This is credited to the fact that over 70 percent of the people of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria rely on the natural environment for survival. The environment serves as a source for agriculture, forest products and fishing. The rivers...

Jun, 2024 pp. 69-88

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.pq61asec

COMPARATIVE STUDY: LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND CHALLENGES IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS

Anthonia Chinyere Oloko^*

This comparative study examines community participation in renewable energy projects in Tanzania and Nigeria, evaluating their legal frameworks, challenges, and proposing the Canadian model as a solution. Community involvement is essential for sustainable development and fair benefit distribution in the energy sector. However, most literature emphasises community involvement without detailing the ...

Jun, 2024 pp. 1-20

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Research Article DOI: 10.68193/jilj.2024.9m5ldom2

VIOLENT SECTARIAN CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA: WHY A SOLUTION SEEMS FAR

Ozurumba Darlingto^*, Judith Nendelmun Eigege, Fatima Alhassan Mohammed

Nigeria has continued to experience violent sectarian conflicts and it is worrisome that it continues to be on the increase. The reason for this cannot be far-fetched as the challenges of preventing such conflicts are enormous. This is especially true because even with the presence of a legal framework for the prevention of such conflicts, Nigeria is still experiencing an increase which poses ques...

Jun, 2024 pp. 21-36