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The criteria for self determination and recognition as a sovereign state: Case of Kosovo (2020)
Journal Article

Self-determination is a controversial issue in public international relations as well as in international law. The rise of groups of people in different geographical locations of the world, seeking alienation and recognition, as independent sovereign... Read More about The criteria for self determination and recognition as a sovereign state: Case of Kosovo.

Change your story - studying behind bars (2020)
Digital Artefact

Two former inmates tell Nia about the impact studying in prison had on their lives. Jonathan Gilbert was a practising solicitor who got sentenced to 12 years for his part in a large fraud. Johnny put this experience to good use in prison and enrolled... Read More about Change your story - studying behind bars.

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.

Responsibility to protect: A comparative analysis of whether it has served its original purpose in the last decade (2019)
Book Chapter

Over the last decade, Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has featured highly in public international law debates pertaining to mass killings, humanitarian intervention and protecting potential victims.The que... Read More about Responsibility to protect: A comparative analysis of whether it has served its original purpose in the last decade.

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.

Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland (2019)
Book Chapter

A delegation of Deaf people met Members of the Scottish Parliament when it was opened in 1999 to discuss the recognition of British Sign Language (BSL). Members of the cross-party group on deafness, along with the positive support from civil servants... Read More about Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Connecting the dots: Relevance of sustainable development principles in addressing environmental protection issues in Nigeria’s oil industry (2018)
Journal Article

Sustainable Development Principles are fundamental to addressing environmental protection issues in Nigeria’s oil industry. The paper examined sustainable development in its globally accepted meaning. Furthermore, this principle of environmental prot... Read More about Connecting the dots: Relevance of sustainable development principles in addressing environmental protection issues in Nigeria’s oil industry.