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 ...

The study addressed the problem of inefficiency in the Nigerian Senate arising from weaknesses in its procedural rules, particularly the Standing Orders. It highlighted how unclear speaking arrangements, inadequate voting ...

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 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 quality and effectiveness of every legislation is largely dependent on the issuance of proper legislative drafting instruction by the instructor, proper understanding and analysis of this instruction by the drafter ...

This research was motivated by the need to appraise the necessity of the Seven C's of legislative drafting and other drafting techniques in the legal framework for employees' compensation under Nigerian law. The Employees' ...

This study addressed the persistent challenges in legislative drafting within the National Assembly, where weak institutional structures, inadequate expertise, and limited stakeholder consultation have frequently ...

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 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 ...

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 effectiveness of legislation relies in its capacity to communicate legislative intent clearly to stakeholders. However, certain legislative documents persist in using outdated drafting styles, leading to ambiguity in ...

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 ...

Societies react to changes in their environment by adjustments, but leading the adjustments among other factors are laws with constitutions as the flagship. This requires that constitutions have to be adjusted to allow ...

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 Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) played a pivotal role in the country's financial regulatory landscape through its subsidiary legislation. This dissertation scrutinized the drafting practices of the CBN's subsidiary ...

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 ...

Post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) is essential for ensuring the effective implementation of laws and their beneficial impact on citizens. However, the current PLS approach in the form of legislative oversight in Nigeria, ...

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 ...

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 ...