Dr Austin Nwafor's Outputs (25)

Environmental rights in a quagmire: A critical review of indigenous rights and plastic pollution (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The global problem of plastic pollution is now one of the biggest human and environmental rights problems affecting all ecosystems, organisms, people, and the health of the entire planet. Because of its affordability and ubiquity, plastic is used eve... Read More about Environmental rights in a quagmire: A critical review of indigenous rights and plastic pollution.

The AU free movement protocol: Challenges in its implementation (2023)
Journal Article

One of the major pillars of the African Union is the integration of peoples and the ability for them to move freely from one member country to another, with the right to reside and practise their trade or profession. This aspect of integration found... Read More about The AU free movement protocol: Challenges in its implementation.

Understanding the psychology and legal perspective of plastic dependency in Nigeria (2023)
Journal Article

Using the theory of planned behaviour, this article aims to understand the psychology of plastic dependency in Nigeria. The plastics pollution has been more prevalent in its impact on the marine and terrestrial environment in Nigeria, this article en... Read More about Understanding the psychology and legal perspective of plastic dependency in Nigeria.

Retention of limitation of liability in maritime claims in modern business environment in the UK, USA, and Nigeria (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines the relevance of limitation of liability in maritime claims in today’s business environment in the UK, USA, and Nigeria. The paper finds that the concept is well entrenched in the legislation of many countries especially the ones... Read More about Retention of limitation of liability in maritime claims in modern business environment in the UK, USA, and Nigeria.

The political question and litigating loss and damage: Any hope for victims of climate change induced impacts in Nigeria? (2021)
Journal Article

There is the urgency in finding solutions to this global problem and this requires bold actions from governments, the private sector and civil societies. This paper conducts an x-ray of political questions relating to climate change issues. This can... Read More about The political question and litigating loss and damage: Any hope for victims of climate change induced impacts in Nigeria?.

Plastic Bags Prohibition Bill: A developing story of crass legalism aiming to reduce plastic marine pollution in Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article

Mismanaged plastic land-based waste entering the marine environment is a growing problem globally. Plastic bag reduction policies have been widely adopted in Africa but are mainly punitive outright legislative bans. Limited evidence exists that docum... Read More about Plastic Bags Prohibition Bill: A developing story of crass legalism aiming to reduce plastic marine pollution in Nigeria.

Revenge pornography in Nigeria: A call for legal response and cyber-censorship of content by internet service providers (2020)
Journal Article

Revenge pornography is the online distribution of sexually uncensored images or videos of another person without consent and to cause embarrassment or torment. Victims of revenge pornography suffer significant harm, including losing jobs and, in extr... Read More about Revenge pornography in Nigeria: A call for legal response and cyber-censorship of content by internet service providers.

Evaluating Nigeria’s position on intended nationally determined contributions under the 2015 Paris agreement and the sustainable development goals (2020)
Journal Article

This article examines Nigeria’s commitment to combating the global scourge of climate change using the sustainable development goals and the Paris Agreement of 2015. Nigeria having signed various global Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) su... Read More about Evaluating Nigeria’s position on intended nationally determined contributions under the 2015 Paris agreement and the sustainable development goals.

Jurisprudence of intellectual property in research: African, western and modern perspectives (2020)
Journal Article

There is disagreement about entitlement to, and the scope, of intellectual property rights over research knowledge. This article explores jurisprudential perspectives on ownership of research knowledge. It also features the conflict between African a... Read More about Jurisprudence of intellectual property in research: African, western and modern perspectives.

Rethinking marine insurance and plastic pollution: Food for thought (2020)
Journal Article

Appraisal of the Nigerian Credit Reporting Act 2017 (2020)
Journal Article

Credit reporting is the act of gathering information about the behaviour of borrowers and making such information available whenever a decision is to be made regarding a borrower's application for new credit. Following the introduction of credit bure... Read More about Appraisal of the Nigerian Credit Reporting Act 2017.

Frustration and remedies under the CISG, UNIDROIT principles and English law: A comparative review (2019)
Journal Article

The doctrine of frustration is one of the most efficient risk sharing mechanisms in a commercial contract under the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) Principles of Internatio... Read More about Frustration and remedies under the CISG, UNIDROIT principles and English law: A comparative review.

Maritime transportation and the Nigerian economy: Matters arising (2019)
Journal Article

Appraisal of the importance of maritime transportation to Nigeria’s economy is an effort in assessing the extent to which maritime transportation has contributed to Nigeria’s economy through gross domestic product (GDP) output. The paper x-rayed some... Read More about Maritime transportation and the Nigerian economy: Matters arising.

Conceptualizing the relationship between doctrine of mistake and exemption (Force Majeure) under the CISG and the UPICC (2019)
Journal Article

Under the patrimonial laws, the relationship between the doctrines ofmistake and exemption (force majeure) is blurred and inelegant; thisis because both doctrines can apply to the same circumstances. Thisconfusion becomes more noticeable under the Un... Read More about Conceptualizing the relationship between doctrine of mistake and exemption (Force Majeure) under the CISG and the UPICC.

Re-imagining the doctrines of hardship and exemption/force majeure under the cisg and unidroit principles of international commercial contracts (2019)
Journal Article

The doctrines of hardship, frustration, exemption and force majeure are all exceptions to the doctrine of mandatory enforceability of commercial contracts. However, cisg and the unidroit Principles followed different approaches in the development of... Read More about Re-imagining the doctrines of hardship and exemption/force majeure under the cisg and unidroit principles of international commercial contracts.

Disclosures of unethical practices: Framework for the promotion of whistle-blowing in Nigeria's corporate governance (2019)
Journal Article

Modern corporations are governed by policies established in conformity with legislation in the countries where they operate. Nevertheless, certain corporate decisions are oftentimes left to officials who engage in different kinds of unethical practic... Read More about Disclosures of unethical practices: Framework for the promotion of whistle-blowing in Nigeria's corporate governance.

Illegality of contracts: A critical analysis of agreements in breach of articles 101 and 102 of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union (2018)
Journal Article

This research paper is the result of an effort to critically evaluate the position of the European Union competition law on the legality of an agreement which contravenes Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty for the Functioning of the European Union (T... Read More about Illegality of contracts: A critical analysis of agreements in breach of articles 101 and 102 of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union.

The economic community of West African states and its members: A success story of integrated development (2018)
Journal Article

The effects of regional economic integration on trade and development of the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was chosen as topic for this article to examine how much impact regional integration has made among M... Read More about The economic community of West African states and its members: A success story of integrated development.

Reimagining transnational validity under the CISG: A gateway to “homeward trend” interpretations (2018)
Journal Article

Purpose: The aims and objectives of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) have been defeated by the intrusion of domestic laws of different contracting states in the interpretation of the provisions of... Read More about Reimagining transnational validity under the CISG: A gateway to “homeward trend” interpretations.

ICC and Afrocentrism: The laws, politics and biases in global criminal justice (2018)
Journal Article

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established to prosecute the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole. However, since its inception, the Court has been wholly focused on Africa in terms of indictments and tr... Read More about ICC and Afrocentrism: The laws, politics and biases in global criminal justice.