All Outputs (7)

What COVID-19 has taught us about social inequities and the urgent need for systemic change (2021)
Journal Article
Wright, T., Sah, R. K., Keys, C., Nanayakkara, G., & Onyejekwe, C. (2022). What COVID-19 has taught us about social inequities and the urgent need for systemic change. Public Health Nursing, 39(1), 344-349. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13001

This paper critically comments on the state of affairs in the UK relating to the pandemic and explores how a focus on inequities experienced by marginalized and vulnerable groups is necessary for exposing the material realties of everyday life, but a... Read More about What COVID-19 has taught us about social inequities and the urgent need for systemic change.

Development of African Union Law: Tax harmonisation and regional integration towards achieving social structures in West Africa (2021)
Book Chapter
Onyejekwe, C. (2021). Development of African Union Law: Tax harmonisation and regional integration towards achieving social structures in West Africa. In The Emergent African Union Law: Conceptualization, Delimitation, and Application. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press

Economic and structural development has been at the forefront of the African Union (AU) policy. The establishment of sustainable social structures is an integral part of the development agenda for AU Member States. Certain factors including poverty,... Read More about Development of African Union Law: Tax harmonisation and regional integration towards achieving social structures in West Africa.

Taxation and the implementation of sustainable development goals in Nigeria (2021)
Book Chapter
Pearce, E., & Onyejekwe, C. (2021). Taxation and the implementation of sustainable development goals in Nigeria. In Taxation and the implementation of sustainable development goals in Nigeria: Barriers, prospects, and strategies (19). November 8, 2021: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003133469

Literature has shown that Nigeria has an exceptionally low rate of tax compliance and with the increasing decline in oil revenue, it has become imperative for the government to focus on tax in other to meet its obligations to the people and equally m... Read More about Taxation and the implementation of sustainable development goals in Nigeria.

Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports (2021)
Journal Article
Keys, C., Nanayakkara, G., Onyejekwe, C., Sah, R. K., & Wright, T. (2021). Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports. Feminist Legal Studies, 29(1), 107-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-020-09446-y

COVID-19 has uncovered the vulnerabilities, inequalities and fragility present within our social community which has exposed and exacerbated the pre-existing racial and socioeconomic inequalities that disproportionately affect health outcomes for Bla... Read More about Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports.

AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa (2020)
Journal Article
Onyejekwe, C., & Ekhator, E. (2021). AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa. Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 47(1), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050718.2020.1812097

This paper focuses on the Agreement for the Establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It argues that commercial activities in precolonial Africa was akin to the phenomenon of lex mercatoria in medieval Europe. It discusses tw... Read More about AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa.

Rebalancing double tax treaties in favour of African states (2018)
Book Chapter
Onyejekwe, C. (2018). Rebalancing double tax treaties in favour of African states. In Rebalancing International Investment Agreements in Favour of Host States (177-192). United Kingdom: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing

This chapter, explores double tax treaties (DTTs) in Africa and whether these treaties are still a necessity for developing African states as a means of attracting investment. It builds on the argument that the existing international tax treaty regim... Read More about Rebalancing double tax treaties in favour of African states.

Law's ethics and sustainability: Corporate tax and sustainable social structures (2018)
Book Chapter
Okoye, A., & Onyejekwe, C. (2019). Law's ethics and sustainability: Corporate tax and sustainable social structures. In W. Leal Filho, & A. Consorte McCrea (Eds.), Sustainability and the Humanities (525-538). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95336-6_30

This paper examines what law as an aspect of the humanities could contribute to sustainability. It proposes that corporate tax can be viewed as a social 'value' or 'ethic' enshrined in law and potentially channelled towards sustainable social structu... Read More about Law's ethics and sustainability: Corporate tax and sustainable social structures.