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PATENT LAW PRACTICE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA AND THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
(Department Of Public And International Law Faculty Of Law Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 201-04-01) Otuagoma, Onome Ogheheochukwo
A country’s level of Intellectual Properly awareness and development plays a vital role1'in promoting developmental processes in that country. This level is determined by a country’s political will, social, economic, educational and other factors. Thus, the concept of development entails the betterment of the living standard of the general populace. This involves the redistribution of persons and resources and the increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which plays a vital role in economic development of a country. Technological advancement is the backbone of any meaningful development, others are the resources, minerals, agricultural and human factors. And the technological advancement is achieved where individuals of societies enhance their inventive activities. Nigerians must be reawakened and sensitized unto using what we have, unto getting what we need. Nigeria has the potentials of greatness, but Nigerian government must be able to pul sentiments aside and do the needful in harnessing the nations full potentials unto achieving its desire for greatness. The environment must be made suitable by providing the needed infrastructures that facilitates technological development. The issue of power must be critically and seriously addressed, further to that is an environment free from political, civil, ethnic and religious disturbances, because development thrives only in an environment devoid of rancor. Nigeria must look inward and stop overdependence on imported technology, which cripples indigenous inventive activities; rather indigenous technology should be encouraged to develop. Nigeria should not take foreign policy and technology wholesale, it is to determine what its needs are and encourage discoveries and inventions in that area. Technology could be imported in its area of interest for component analysis and for building prototypes of items to be produced. The idea is copying items already in the market which are products of interest to the country in the workshops and laboratories, studying and analyzing it, to know its chemical components, physical properties and replicating such items, even coming up with something better. Nigeria must have productive plan and investment, ability and clear imaginative orientation, lack of which hitherto has hampered the filling of the gap between reality and aspiration. This work therefore maintains that it takes more than mere policies and declarations to make any plan work, but the steadiness, drive and moral discipline and proper orientation that will not compromise principles and standards, which requires certain strength of will, is what will make it work. This is because a plan is just an empty wish and inactive collection of ideas, hopes and aspirations, without adequate will and discipline needed for its implementation; it will never be actualized. It is pertinent to note that, intellectual property is an umbrella term for various entitlements which the law will enforce. These entitlements that are legally recognized make the holder to exercise certain exclusive rights. Thus, for these reasons Countries of the world make laws governing the protection and enforcement of intellectual properly. The laws give statutory expression to moral and economic rights of creators and a deliberate act of government policy to promote creativity and the dissemination and application of its results, to encourage fair trading that would enhance socio-economic development. Therefore Nigerian Intellectual Property Laws has to be amended to bring to bear the nations desire for growth and technological development to become realizable.
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Entrenching Democracy in Nigeria: The Role of An Impartial Umpire
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2008-03-06) Shishi, John M.; Musa, Habiba
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JUDICIAL ATTITUDE ON THE LEGAL EFFECT OF CONSENT TO ALIENATION OF LAND UNDER THE LAND USE ACT
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2009-01-03) Zakari, Mohammed Yaro
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RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS IN NIGERIA
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, FACULTY OF LAW, NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI., 2009-02-02) Sanusi, Sakenat
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AN ANATOMY OF BUREAUCRATIC CORRUPTION: CAUSES, SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS AND THE WAY FORWARD
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2009-03-06) Yaki, Katuka; Zakari, Mohammed Yaro
Bureaucratic corruption has assumed alarming dimension and is sweeping most organizations in African states into various stages of unfruitfulness. This study examines the basic concept of bureaucratic organization as well as causes, types and effects of bureaucratic corruption on the organizations in the poverty-stricken sub-Saharan Africa, and concludes with some useful remarks on way forward. Introduction
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE REGULATION NATIONAL PARKS IN NIGERIA
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2009-06-04) Abdulkarim, Abubakar Kana
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REGIMES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE IMPORT OF KYOTO PROTOCOL
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2009-06-12) Abdulkarim, Abubakar Kana
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Evolving crimes versus static legislation: the dilemma of the Nigerian criminal justice system
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2009-06-30) Abdulkarim, Abubakar Kana
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RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUGDEMENTS IN NIGERIA.
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2009-09-03) Zakari, Mohammed Yaro; Shishi, John M.
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ISLAMIC AND COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVES ON CONSIDERATION AS AN ELEMENT OF CONTRACT
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2009-09-09) Zakari, Mohammed Yaro
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DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN MILITARY AND NON-MILITARY OBJECTS OF ATTACK IN ARMED CONFLICTS
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2010-12-05) Okoronkwo, S.C.C.; Zakari, Mohammed Yaro
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THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY IN THE ANTI-GRAFT WAR IN NIGERIA
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2010-12-12) Zakari, Mohammed Yaro; Musa, Habiba; Aliyu, Halima Doma
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Curbing Corrruption In a Democracy: A Long-Term Legal and Extra-Legal Recipe for Nigeria
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2011-01-30) Abdulkarim, Abubakar Kana
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The Future of Nigeria Insurance Industry in a Globalized Economy
(Department of Public and Internatinal Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2011-02-03) Y. Isa
The aim of this paper is to highlight the future of Nigeria Insurance Industry in a globalized economy. Modern insurance industry was introduced into Nigeria by the British in 1945. It is therefore to he expected that the theory and practice of insurance in Nigeria has to follow the British pattern. In advanced countries, the insurance industry has developed very much unlike what obtains in developing countries, which should not be so, considering the importance of the industry to the economy of any nation. This paper extensively dealt with the problems affecting the development of the Nigerian insurance industry, namely: legal, cultural, practicing, economic, and technology. The paper shows that for many reasons legislations which were supposed to be facilitators of social and economic development to a great extent had created impediments to the growth of the industry. It also discussed the problem of the environment in which the industry operates, how the culture of taking insurance policies has not been cultivated. The paper suggests that Nigerian insurance companies should embrace e-commerce in order to take full advantage of the present state of technology especially in an era of digitized economy as the industry moves into consolidation era, with the aim of competing successfully at the global stage.
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LEGAL RESTRAINTS IN NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2012-03-30) Okebukola, Elijah Oluwatoyin
Out of about 28 situations of armed conflict in 2011, only one was inter-state. ٨11 others were intra-state or non-international in nature. This trend calls into question the very definition of non-international armed conflicts and the extent to which International Humanitarian Law (IHL) applies to them. In addition to answering these questions, this article sets out practical and policy steps to ensure adherence to IHL during non-international armed conflicts.
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A Universal Procedural Framework for War Crimes Tribunals
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2012-05-21) Okebukola, Elijah Oluwatoyin
Notwithstanding the uniformity of war crimes substantive law, applicable procedural rules vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In the case of ad hoc tribunals, the applicable rules may not be known until rhe tribunal is established. Consequently, there IS uncertainty and incoherence in war crimes procedural law. Furthermore, the quality of applicable rules is dependent on the varying experience, knowledge and intentions of the framers of the procedural rules of each tribunal. "This article makes the case for a univer- sal procedural framework that can serve as an instrument for evaluating and creating war crimes proce- dural rules. Amongst other things, such a framework will bring about certainty and coherence in war crimes procedural law. In devising the model framework, the article adopts the Benthamite approach to the relationship between substantive law and procedural law and also relies on some aspects of the process evaluation theories of Robert Summers and Michael Bayles.
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MERGERS AND COMPETITION IN NIGERIA
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2012-08-08) Abdulkarim, Abubakar Kana
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REFUGEE PROTECTION AND THE IMPACT ON HOST COUNTRY
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2012-09-06) Okoli, Chinwe K.; Aliyu, Halima Doma
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EXECUTIVE ORDERS IN NIGERIA AS VALID LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2012-09-24) Okebukola, Elijah Oluwatoyin
In carrying out the function of the office, the President in a !)residential system such as Nigeria and the United States may issue orders to agents and agencies of the executive branch. These orders may set out government policies, issue directives or command action relating to functions of the executive arm. Particularly, when Executive Orders are ga et ted and made enforceable with the force of law. An order issued by the President becomes rather controversial when it purports to make law. This paper identifies the nature and definition of executive orders, the questions of use, legality and form of executive orders. The paper also appraises the law on modifying and challenging executive orders. It then ends with a conclusion that executive orders may be law-making in disguise and also seiwes as administrative tools. This dual nature demonstrates that in Nigeria, there is both separation and sharing of powers. Finally, recommendations are made for transparency and accountability in the use of executive orders. The methodology adopted in arriving at the findings is doctrinal mainly relying on decided cases and existing literature on the subject or related subjects.
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TYPOLOGY OF WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS
(Department of Public and International Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2013-01-31) Okebukola, Elijah Oluwatoyin