13 lawyers and legal academics contribute essays to this volume. BNS, 276pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780230998

Topics covered include: distinguishing administrative from constitutional law; the particularities of the Nigerian situation; the rule of law; separation of powers; delegated legislation; executive control; administrative adjudication; judicial control or review of administrative actions; under-standing the concept of fair hearing; ex-parte applications, prerogative remedies; certiorari; case method approach of determining bodies; acting judicially and administratively; common law remedies; injunctions; declaration; local government under the 1999 Constitution; the National Assembly; the State Houses of Assembly. 156pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Reports Nigerian cases conducted under Nigerian jurisdiction and the principles of stare decisis in Nigerian jurisprudence, and therefore addresses a perceived imbalance in the documentation of decisions under Nigerian law of evidence as against foreign decisions. BNS, 244pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION PUBLISHING CO.LTD, 9781564628

A compendium bringing together in a single volume, abstractions from leading, and decided cases in Nigeria, as well as principles from decided cases in other legal jurisdictions. The abstractions encompass all branches of Nigerian law: action; administrative; admiralty; appeal; company; criminal; constitutional; contempt of court; criminal law and procedure; customary law; evidence; family law and matrimonial causes; human rights; injunction; insurance law; international law; Islamic law and proceedings; judgement and orders; jurisdiction; labour law; land use act; law of armed conflict; contract; information technology law; law of the sea; legal practitioner; legal system; medical law; military law; oil and gas law; pleadings; process and proceedings; law and practice of banking; and tort. All cases quoted are fully referenced. BNS, 510pp, NIGERIA, 0954538404

Provides an overview of two concurrently operating legal systems, and documents some of the most significant developments which have determined their distinctive features. BNS, 116pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION PUBLISHING CO.LTD, 9781565144

This study provides history and analysis of constitution making in Nigeria. It demonstrates that the history can be divided into periods of non-participation, and then gradual participation of Nigerians in the making of their constitution. It analyses the procedure for the making of the 1999 Constitution, and the present position. It advocates for the future, more active or total participation of Nigerians in the constitution making process. The study discusses the develop-ment of constitutional law vis-a-vis federalism, the legislature, the executive, the judiciary, local governments and citizenship. Index, 216pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

A history of the development of law in Nigeria since 1863 to the second republic. The use of British law is examined as is the functional aspects of law and as a control mechanism over society. BNS, 399pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION PUBLISHING CO.LTD, 9781562811

A clear and factual account of the real issues of Sharia law and its use in modern day states. Index, bib, notes, gloss, 133pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780231595

Provides information on the basic offences in the Nigerian code and analyses the procedural aspect of the criminal justice system. BNS, 309pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780231056

Contents: What is fair hearing? The twin principles of natural justice; Primacy of fair hearing; Statutory, regulatory or administrative compliance no excuse; Fair hearing cannot be waived or compromised; Confrontation with case; Indices of fair hearing; Injuria sine damno; Merits of decision irrelevant, proceedings invalid; Fair hearing versus fair trial. The volume covers Memo judexi in causa sua. Audi alteram partem; academic discipline, labour law and chieftaincy, State Newspaper Corporation; Chieftaincy disputes; Adjournments; Constraints on jurisdiction; Criminal law; and Criminal investigation. Index, bib, 328pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Revised Edition. An analytical study of matrimonial laws in Nigeria reflecting the political, economic and social changes in the field of judicial and decision and statute laws since 1966. Index, notes, lxxxviii, 441pp, NIGERIA. HEINEMANN NIGERIA.

2001 1974 9781292946 Paperback

A compilation of lectures delivered by the renowned and prolific law scholar, who was formerly Chief Judge of Oyo State and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. His essays cover; ethics in business, democracy and civil society, constitutionalism, democracy, individual rights and law, international human rights norms and their domestic application, human rights in judicial decisions, the Nigerian judiciary and its role in post colonial Africa into the twenty first century, interpretations of statutes, and certainties in law. BNS, 447pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM BOOKS LTD, 9780292276

This study by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Oyo State, Nigeria, is an attempt to put in focus the idea of harmonisation and its current state in Africa. Notes, x, 107pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780230955

New edition (first published 1993). Investigates laws as a body of rules binding on a community and looks at the philosophy of Igbo laws, traditions, enforcement, legislative and judicial processes, etc. BNS, 107pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION, 9781561343

A collection of papers presenting a panoramic view of some of the issues and developments in international law vis-à-vis politics on the continent over the past three decades. The work is divided into sections on general international law, treaties, human rights, international and economic law, law and foreign relations and law and the use of force. BNS, 365pp, NIGERIA. BOLABAY PUBLISHERS, 9783172743

2004 Paperback

Both a research resource and a tertiary level textbook, as well as classical and Islamic jurisprudence, it covers three apparently controversial, emerging fields of jurisprudence: legal pluralism and the challenges of the development of the rule of law and application of sharia in Nigeria; philosophy and jurisprudential issues in reproductive health rights; and access to justice in environmental matters. Other issues covered are the meaning and value of jurisprudence; relationship between law, justice and morality; classical theories of law; characteristics and development of Islamic jurisprudence; sources of law; legal concepts; custom as a source of Islamic law; constitutionalism in Islamic law; human rights and the administration of justice under sharia; and legal pluralism. 420pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Presents a survey of Sharia criminal law based on the classical Islamic texts and gives an in depth analysis of the various state laws introducing Sharia criminal law with special attention to the Koranic offences of fornication, theft, robbery and drinking alcohol. The author also identifies the friction between these codes and human rights principles guaranteed in the federal constitution. Index, apps, notes, viii, 88pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM BOOKS LTD, 978029421X

A theoretical overview of labour law in Nigeria. Index, notes, lvi 495pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9782601160

Prefaced by a table of statutes and cases, this detailed study is divided into five parts: part one covers the banker and customer, and the introduction of banking in Nigeria; part two covers securities for advances; part three covers special incidents of modern banking; part four covers negotiable instruments; and part five covers bankers commercial credits. Specimen forms and Code of Corporate Governance for Banks are provided. Index, bib, 376pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Contents: The Nature of Tort; General Exemptions from Tortious Liability; Parties to an Action in Tort; Trespass (to the person and to land); Negligence; Occupiers Liability for Dangerous Premises; Employ-ers Liability in Industrial Accidents; Wrongful Interference with Goods; Nuisance; Malicious Prosecution; Strict Liability Torts; Liability for Statement; Vicarious Liability. 156pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Overview of the laws of trusts in Nigeria as well as a study of the sociological nature, function and adequacy of trusts as a means of administrating property in Nigeria. Index, app, 81pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

A retired Judge of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria examines the most common aspects of criminal law used in Nigeria. BNS, 102pp, NIGERIA. SPECTRUM BOOKS LTD, 9780293388

Analyses the principles of evidence, as evolved by the courts themselves. BNS, 342pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780231072

Presents the principles of Nigerian law of succession and its statutes and includes extensive case studies. Topics covered include: legitimacy, legitimation and rights of inheritance; intestate succession (non-customary); testate succession (wills); succession under customary law; and administration of estates. 452pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Topics covered include: branches and institutes of the system, functions, classifications, sources, English law, doctrines of equity, statutes in England and those extended to Nigeria, Nigerian legislation, judicial precedent, hierarchy of Courts, customary law, application of State decisions in Customary and Sharia Law, conflicts between English and Customary Law, applicable law between the different provenances, conflicts between Islamic and Customary Law, types of Courts in Nigeria and their jurisdiction, and legal aid. Essential documents include: Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights of Women in Africa; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights. 152pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Contents: general principles: e.g. definitions, objectives, criteria, direct and indirect taxes, jurisdiction, personal taxation, company taxation, local taxation; income tax: charges, exemp-tion, returns, penalties; reliefs and rates: rates of tax, income tax, minimal taxable income; trade, business, profession or vocation: e.g. meanings; liability; succession, discontinuance, capital allowances, sale of buildings, partnerships; employment income: assessment, deductible income; companies income tax: assessments, returns, petroleum profits tax; settlements, trusts and estates; international taxation; capital gains tax; and tax appeals. 266pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

Special issue of the journal AFRICA, Volume 78, Number 1 (2008), this collection focuses on the rise of vigilantism and the privatization of armed security in Nigeria from a number of fresh perspectives that move beyond the 'collapsed state' thesis to grasp the more productive and dynamic dimensions of sociality and security both today and during the colonial period. Vigilantism has become an endemic feature of the Nigerian social and political landscape, especially so since the return to democratic rule in 1999. Vigilantes have assumed a status synonymous with the fractured and violence-ridden image of Africa's most populous nation. Beyond fighting crime, vigilante groups such as the O'odua People's Congress, the Bakassi Boys and the shari'a implementation committees represent divergent aspirations for Nigeria's future, and spearhead contemporary political contests over the country's most intractable issues - the politics of democracy, ethnicity and religion. 152pp, UK. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Comprehensive study of the use of precedents in Nigerian courts. 334pp, NIGERIA. FOURTH DIMENSION

Examines the role and place of lawyers in Africa in this era of hope and optimism. It provides an illuminating perspective on how lawyers operate in a society anxious to embrace democracy, but still crippled by past attitudes, weak and ineffectual institutions, corruption, and the recru-descence of primordial ethnic sentiments. Though the focus is on Nigeria, the book refers to other countries to highlight, by contrast or comparison, the central issues faced by lawyers all over the African continent. Argues that these findings are relevant to other African countries because the social pathologies that disfigure Nigeria are prevalent in most, if not all, African nations. 496pp, USA. EDWIN MELLEN PRESS.

Reviews the Nigerian legal tradition before and after the advent of the British colonial admini-stration. After gaining independence from British colonial rule, the government did not deviate from the established practice of the colonial administration in relation to the protection of the rights of the citizens. The only available channel for citizens to challenge arbitrary and capricious action of administrative officials is the ordinary courts of law. Justice in administrative areas under this arrangement often seems slow and wanting. Therefore, the military government instituted a commission of enquiry to analyze and find ways to improve the situation which recommended the establishment of the institution of the Ombudsman. In 1975, the Murtala military administration established the Public Complaints Commission as a supplement to the court system to correct flagrant disregard of basic standards of human rights by administrative officials. 192pp, USA. EDWIN MELLEN PRESS.

Questions the relevance of the law relating to sale of goods in Nigeria when the majority is semi-literate, and how local circumstances affect commercial legal practice that cuts across local territories and countries. BNS, 304pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE, 9780230742