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 ...

ABSTRACT The Federal Capital Territory Customary Court Act, 2007 (hereafter called “the Act”) is the enabling legislation establishing the Federal Capital Territory Customary Court (hereafter called “the FCTCC”). Obsolete ...

The conventional understanding of a Constitution, particularly a written one, is that it should be a relatively rigid document. the high frequency and broad scope of amendments in both Nigeria and Lesotho, but especially ...

This research is an exposition of the relationship dynamics between the legislative intent and judicial interpretation, how legislative drafters can reflect the legislative intent and improve the drafting process to minimise ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 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 ...