Any experienced lawyer knows that cases are most often won or lost on procedural grounds; yet procedural issues are often considered too technical for proper treatment in legal literature. In this extensively revised 2004 edition of Palmeter and Mavroidis’ authoritative book on WTO dispute settlement, the authors discuss all WTO dispute settlement provisions and their …
A legal career in Somalia is a very complicated profession that requires a number of phases of both study and practice, needed to be finalized in order to become a qualified lawyer. More so, Somalia has a humongous legal system which consists of at least four different systems which include inter alia; Islamic Sharia law, …
Procedures of Becoming Legal Practitioners in Somalia: Analytical Reflection Read More »
This article examines the different variants of conflict, the traditional conceptions and nomenclature used in describing them and the exclusion by traditional humanitarian law of these conflicts from its regulatory ambit. The doctrinal methodology was adopted examining the views of renowned scholars of the law of armed conflict, and primarily examining modern International Law treaties. …
International Humanitarian Law and Conflict Variations: Heeding to the Voice of Humanity Read More »
The word ‘homicide’ comes from the Latin term, homo which means ‘man’ and cido which means ‘to cut or kill’. Thus, homicide means the killing of a human being, by a human being. Section 45 and 46 of IPC define ‘life’ and ‘death’, which means the life and death of a human being. Homicide, according …
Understanding Culpable Homicide in Contemporary Indian Context Read More »
Social organisations play a vital role by walking a fine line across social and economic reasoning, and strive to do this via the use of an adequate organizational framework. Incorporate start-ups, technical enterprises, and established organisations that use a sophisticated, inventive, and formulated approach to increase their efficiency. Additionally, social entrepreneurs have a significant role in modern …
The Banking Regulation Act prohibits any co-operative society to engage in the business of banking, unless it has obtained a license and is registered with the Reserve Bank of India. It is also mandated that such co-operative societies shall use the words ‘bank’, ‘banker’, or ‘banking’ in its name in order to carry on its …
Case Comment: Upendra Kumar v. Don Finance Corporation Read More »
The paper examines the challenges in some of the existing PPP projects in Nigeria as well as reviews the doctrinal and empirical studies on the identification of Critical Success Factors (CSF) to determine the factors and sub-factors that ensure the success of any public infrastructure project under the existing legal framework on Public Private Partnership …
The presidential amnesty programme introduced at the peak of the militancy in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria was instrumental in the resulting placidity in the region. The programme was set up in 2009, and has been in effect till date. Its continuity is however uncertain as it was not set up to run without …
This paper examines the legal uncertainties surrounding the applicability of International Humanitarian Law with particular respect to the conflict situation in Nigeria, which includes the agitations from the Independent peoples of Biafra; Fulani Herdsmen crisis and the Boko Haram insurgency. International humanitarian Law is the branch of Public international Law with the purpose of mitigating …
The principle of res gestae is a common law doctrine applicable as one of the exceptions to the hearsay rule. The English case of R v. Beddingfield is the locus classicus on the application of the principle of res gestae. The case of R v. Beddingfield established the strict contemporaneity test for the rule to …
Res Gestae and the Strict Contemporaneity Test: Beddingfield laid to Rest Read More »
