Browsing Masters in Legislative Drafting/LLM by Title
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The Imperative of Regulating Legislative Drafters in Nigeria
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2024-07)Legislative drafters are vital for drafting legislation and transforming policies into law. Legislation is a permanent enactment that stands on its own and speaks for itself without assistance or explanation from the ... -
The Legal Effects of Judicial Discretion on the Mandate of the People Consequent upon the Lacunae and other Deficiencies in the Electoral Acts particularly the Electoral 2010: A Case Study of Election Petition Tribunal Decisions
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2022-06)Available literatures showed that election related litigations are on the increase and the resultant judgements, in some cases, controversial and conflicting. Some of the reasons for this, it was observed are that the ... -
New Frontiers to Legislative Drafting: Plain Language in Perspective
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2023-05)The evolution of legislative drafting has witnessed a transformative paradigm shift, notably through the integration of plain language principles. This abstract provides a comprehensive exploration of the emergence and ... -
Post- Legislative Scrutiny in Nigeria: A Review of the Implementation of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2023-04)As a growing concern, the notion that the primary problem confronting Nigeria is not the sufficiency of laws, but rather the implementation of the laws passed, demonstrates that the idea of relegating Parliamentary ... -
Post-Legislative Scrutiny By The Parliament and Congress in the United Kingdom and United States: Comparative Lessons for Nigeria
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2024-03)This dissertation was designed to comparatively examine the practice of post-legislative scrutiny by the Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Congress of the United States. The motivation for the study stemmed from the ... -
Post-Legislative Scrutiny in Nigeria: Lessons from United States Practice
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2023-05)This research undertook an analysis of the role of post-legislative scrutiny in Nigeria; lessons from United States Practice. The objectives are to understand the role of post legislative scrutiny in legislative practice ... -
Purposive Approach to Statutory Interpretation: Comparative Analysis and Impact on Nigerian Legislative Drafting
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2024-03)This dissertation examined the rising prominence of the purposive approach to interpretation, which considers the underlying legislative purpose to inform the interpretation and application of statutes. The objectives of ... -
Reflecting Legislative Intentions in Legislative Drafting: A Review of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2025-03)The study addresses the critical issue of ensuring that legislative drafting truly reflects legislative intentions, using the Nigeria Police Act, 2020 as a case study. The specific objectives of the study are to examine ... -
The Role of Legislative Drafters in Promoting Social Change in Nigeria: A Review of Selected Legislation from 2004 To 2022
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2023-04)The old, timeless axiom that change is inevitable still holds sway especially in any democratic society where there is guarantee of liberty and justice. Democratic society gives much allowance to social change unlike an ... -
The Role of the Legislative Drafter in Drafting Legislative Agenda for the Legislature: A Case Study of the 9th National Assembly
(NILDS-Department of Studies, 2023-05)The success of every Legislative body depends largely on the conception of a legislative vision, setting out clearly defined legislative goals, adequate planning, and implementation of the said goals. Prior to the birth ...