Introduction This Course – Law 443 (Administrative Law 1) – is one of the Law Courses you are required to take in order to obtain your LL.B. degree. Building on your knowledge of the workings of the three arms of government – the legislature, the executive and the judiciary – the Course will acquaint and arm you with the legal regime governing the activities of governmental agencies – ministries, departments, and parastatals – in their delivery of goods and services to the citizen...
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [Public Law 93–406] [As Amended Through P.L. 117–58, Enacted November 15, 2021] øCurrency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 93-406. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https:// www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/¿ øNote: Whi...
Welcome to Law 331: Law of Commercial Transaction I. This course is a compulsory course in National Open University of Nigeria that you must offer in the Law programme. This course is offered in the first semester of third year of your study and it is a 4 credit unit course. This first semester of Law of Commercial Transaction course material deals basically with the Sale of Goods Law. The nature of sale of goods, sources and meaning of sale of goods will be covered. The general principle and...
Legal Methods I and II is a two-semester course. You would have taken the first part, Legal Methods 101 in the first semester. The second part, Legal Methods II is a foundation level course. It will be available to all students towards fulfilling core requirements for the degree in Law. The course will discuss basic law principles. The material has been developed to suit students in Nigeria by adapting practical examples from within our jurisdictions. This course guide tells you briefly what ...
The meaning of science. The word science is derived from a Latin word “SCIRE” which means “TO KNOW”. Therefore, science is a systematic method of knowing. Science is the observation of facts. “Science is a systematic body of knowledge, the facts of which have been accurately and impartially collected, arranged and classified through the use of various scientific methods of observation, comparison and experimentation”. It is the systematic observation of nature, events, and conditi...
Southern Poverty Law Center, over one-hundred twenty antiSharia law bills have been introduced in 42 states since 2010.2 This year alone, 13 states have introduced an anti-Sharia law bill.3 Professors, attorneys, judges, and legislators have denounced the anti-Sharia movement, with the American Bar Association taking a prominent position: RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association opposes federal or state laws that impose blanket prohibitions on consideration or use by courts or arbitral tri...
Main Content 3.1 Definition and Explanation of Law Law is the overall guiding principle of human conduct. Law is basically a body of principles or rules which are the basis of society. Members of a society are meant to abide by the law established by it. It is very hard to have a society without a set of laws guiding it. Human life needs a proper rule of conduct or principle at every step. It is also important for a successful society. Law according to Oyakhilomen (2009), controls, regulates,...
During the early 1950s, when the NHS was in its golden era, the medical profession was still “unregulated and paternalistic” in approach. Consequently, the medical profession had enjoyed an unreserved obedience from patients, and treated with great reverence by the society. John Hector Bolam1 was a patient who sustained fractures because the defendants applied unmodified electro-convulsive therapy on him. So, his suit for negligence provided the much needed opportunity for grounding the p...
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION3 Definition of Collective Bargaining An insight into the collective bargaining process Importance of Collective Bargaining Human Rights Democracy and Civil Society Union Strength Development of understanding Adaptation to Change Settlement of grievances Industrial Peace CONCLUSION
In this work, there is an illumination of the liability of legal practitioners to their clients and by paying careful attention to the provisions of the Legal Practitioner Act 1962, CAP 207 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. This work also observes the provisions of the United Kingdom, as well as the United States, regards professional negligence.
Introduction India by giving its investors a market-oriented economy, it opted for liberalisation and globalisation in 1991. There was exponential growth that culminated in a rise in trade and investment. There is a strong connection between trade and production.The rise of cross-border tensions between foreign companies and sovereign states is one of the unavoidable ramifications of these economic activities. In international commerce and trade, participants come from various states with di...
Contents LAW OF TAXATION I. 3 INTRODUCTION: LAW OF TAXATION.. 3 THE DEFINITION OF TAX.4 STAKEHOLDERS OF TAXATION.5 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.6 OBJECTIVES/FUNCTIONS/IMPORTANCE OF TAXATION.. 6 PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION/FEATURES OF A GOOD TAX SYSTEM... 7 EVOLUTION OF THE NIGERIAN TAX SYSTEM AND ITS PECULIAR FEATURES.8 FEATURES/DRAWBACKS OF THE NIGERIAN TAX LAW/SYSTEM... 10 THE TRIPARTITE FEATURE/PILLAR OF TAXATION.10 SOURCES OF TAX LAWS. 11 CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.13 CLASSIFIC...
Contents LAW OF TORT.3 AIMS OF TORT LAW.3 A BRIEF HISTORY OF TORT.. 3 TORT DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER AREAS OF LAW.4 THE ELEMENT IN TORTS. 5 ASSAULT.. 6 BATTERY.. 8 FALSE IMPRISONMENT.9 OTHER ACTS INTENDED TO CAUSE PHYSICAL OR PSYCHIATRIC HARM.11 DEFENSES TO TRESPASS TO PERSON.. 12 INTERFERENCE WITH GOODS/CHATTEL.12 CONVERSION.. 13 DETINUE.14 TRESPASS TO CHATTEL PER SE.. 15 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRESPASS PER SE, DETINUE AND CONVERSION.. 15 DEFENSES TO INTERFERENCE ...
LAW OF SUCCESSION NIGERIA (SUMMARIZED NOTE) Contents PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES (TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS).1 LAW OF SUCCESSION.. 1 MEANING OF SUCCESSION.1 SOURCES OF LAW OF SUCCESSION.2 FORMS OF CUSTOMARY LAWS ON SUCCESSION AND INHERITANCE.. 2 DISTRIBUTION UNDER STATUTORY LAW.10 WILLS AND CODICILS. 10 TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY.21 EXECUTORS.27 ALTERATIONS, INTERLINEATION AND OBLITERATION.32
LAW OF INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY I AND II Contents INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (COPYRIGHT LAW). 2 GENERAL INTRODUCTION.. 2 THEORIES UNDERLYING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.. 2 ELIGIBLE WORK(S). 3 NON-ELIGIBLE WORKS. 7 IS THERE A STATUTORY DUTY TO KEEP A REGISTER OF WORKS?. 8 COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP. Section 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the act8 ACQUISITION OF COPYRIGHT.9 TRANSFER. Section 11 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT.11 THE NATURE OF COPYRIGHT.14 MORAL RIGHT.15 P...