Women's rights in Africa: an examination of African human rights systems in the context of CEDAW and the universalism versus cultural relativism debate.

Faturoti, Bukola

Interplay between contract and public law: implications for major construction contracts and transparency. (2017)
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MANTE, J. and NDEKUGRI, I. 2017. Interplay between contract and public law: implications for major construction contracts and transparency. Public procurement law review [online], 2, pages 98-114. Available from: https:westlaw.co.uk.

The relationship between infrastructure project owners and their contractors is generally governed by contract law. However, where the project owner is a State, there are often additional requirements from public law to be complied with. The challeng... Read More about Interplay between contract and public law: implications for major construction contracts and transparency..

Unstunting stunted public participation in the regulation of environmental protection. (2017)
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MADEBWE, T. 2017. Unstunting stunted public participation in the regulation of environmental protection. Environmental liability: law, policy and practice [online], 25(1), pages 13-19. Available from: https://plus.lexis.com/

Public participation in the regulation of environmental protection is key to the attainment of environmental protection objectives. Despite this, history shows that state officials have consistently stunted opportunities for public participation and... Read More about Unstunting stunted public participation in the regulation of environmental protection..

Local content and the marginal fields programme: challenges for indigenous participation in the Nigerian oil industry. (2017)
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EZEANI, E.C. and NWUKE, C. 2017. Local content and the marginal fields programme: challenges for indigenous participation in the Nigerian oil industry. Oil, gas and energy law (OGEL) [online], 15(1), pages 1-20. Available from: www.ogel.org/articles.asp?key=3671

The upstream oil sector in Nigeria since the discovery of oil in the 1950s has been dominated by international oil companies. To revise this situation and learning from the experience of countries with strong representation for indigenous local parti... Read More about Local content and the marginal fields programme: challenges for indigenous participation in the Nigerian oil industry..

The continuing tension between human rights and extradition. (2016)
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ARNELL, P. 2016. The continuing tension between human rights and extradition. Scots law times [online], 2016(40), pages 211-214. Available from: http://login.westlaw.co.uk

Examines the High Court of Justiciary ruling in Dean (Zain Taj) v Lord Advocate refusing leave to appeal a High Court decision to allow an appeal by a British national under the Extradition Act 2003 s.103 against the Scottish Ministers' decision to o... Read More about The continuing tension between human rights and extradition..

The legality and propriety of the trials of Abu Hamza. (2016)
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ARNELL, P. 2016. The legality and propriety of the trials of Abu Hamza. Bergen journal of criminal law and criminal justice [online], 4(2), pages 196-219. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15845/bjclcj.v4i2.1066

Abu Hamza is serving a life sentence in an American prison, having been convicted of terrorist offences in 2014. He was previously imprisoned in the United Kingdom. Two central questions arise from his case; whether the UK and US acted lawfully under... Read More about The legality and propriety of the trials of Abu Hamza..

Adjudication costs under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996: the attractions of Singapore's Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004. (2016)
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TODD, N. and EZEANI, E.C. 2016. Adjudication costs under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996: the attractions of Singapore's Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004. Juridical review [online], 4, pages 315-336. Available from: http://www.westlaw.co.uk

Escalating costs in UK statutory adjudications under the Housing Grants, Construction & Regeneration Act (HGCRA)1996 have restricted the use of the procedure by some of the very parties whose interests the legislation was set up to protect. This pape... Read More about Adjudication costs under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996: the attractions of Singapore's Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004..

The legal and regulatory framework for the EU’ shale gas exploration and production regulating public health and environmental impacts. (2016)
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TAWONEZVI, J. 2017. The legal and regulatory framework for the EU' shale gas exploration and production regulating public health and environmental impacts. Energy, ecology and environment [online], 2(1), pages 1-28. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40974-016-0044-5

Shale gas has now become a major competing source of energy in the international energy mix scenario. In the European Union the 'Fracking' which is the technique of extraction shale gas is facing very strong opposition based on the associated potenti... Read More about The legal and regulatory framework for the EU’ shale gas exploration and production regulating public health and environmental impacts..

Pushing the boundaries: the impact of the changing nature of the professions in construction law. (2016)
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CHRISTIE, D.S. 2016. Pushing the boundaries: the impact of the changing nature of the professions in construction law. Construction law journal [online], 32(8), pages 849-860. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

The way in which the role of the professions is understood in society is changing. One of the traditional effects of being a profession was that the relevant group was regarded as having a virtual monopoly over the provision of services in the area i... Read More about Pushing the boundaries: the impact of the changing nature of the professions in construction law..

Compromise agreements and heritable property. (2016)
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ANDERSON, C. 2016. Compromise agreements and heritable property. Scots law times [online], 2016(320, pages 169-173. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk.

Discusses compromise agreements in the context of heritable property transactions. Considers key aspects such as the concept of compromise agreements and whether such agreements concerning heritable property require writing for a valid constitution.... Read More about Compromise agreements and heritable property..

Comparing Nigeria’s legal framework for combating gas flaring with that of Norway: lessons for Nigeria. (2016)
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MOHAMMAD, J.I. 2016. Comparing Nigeria’s legal framework for combating gas flaring with that of Norway: lessons for Nigeria. Imperial journal of interdisciplinary research [online], 2(9), pages 1252-1261. Available from: http://www.onlinejournal.in/IJIRV2I9/197.pdf

The oil producing countries that have deliberately focused on the development of their oil and gas industry’s structures and enforcement of their legal and regulatory frameworks have usually been able to dramatically reduce associated gas (AG) flarin... Read More about Comparing Nigeria’s legal framework for combating gas flaring with that of Norway: lessons for Nigeria..

Arbitrability and public policy: an African perspective. (2016)
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MANTE, J. 2017. Arbitrability and public policy: an African perspective. Arbitration international [online], 33(2), pages 275-294. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/arbint/aiw034

Growth in international trade has led to considerable expansion of the scope of matters capable of settlement by arbitration. In spite of sustained scholarly activity on arbitrability, the question of what is arbitrable remains controversial but rele... Read More about Arbitrability and public policy: an African perspective..

Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences. (2016)
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MADEBWE, T. 2016. Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences. Hong Kong law journal, 46(2), page 749.

This is a book review of "Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences", edited by Kheng-Lian Koh, Ilan Kelman, Robert Kibugi and Rose-Liza Eisma Osorio. The book is available for purchase from the publisher's website: https://doi.... Read More about Adaptation to climate change: ASEAN and comparative experiences..

The migrant crisis and refugee law in Scotland. (2016)
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ARNELL, P. and LEWIS, O. 2016. The migrant crisis and refugee law in Scotland. SCOLAG legal journal, 466, page 152-155.

In October 2015 the world's media carried an image of a dead young boy lying face down on a beach in Greece. He had died in an effort to come to Europe.1 The photograph sparked international outcry. Amongst the political responses to the development... Read More about The migrant crisis and refugee law in Scotland..

Recovery of goods by a non-owner. (2016)
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ANDERSON, C. 2016. Recovery of goods by a non-owner. Scots law times [online], 2016(22), pages 117-121. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk.

Considers, with reference to case law, recovery of goods situations which require the person with possession or custody of property to hand it over to non-owners, namely persons with neither a real right in that property nor any apparent personal rig... Read More about Recovery of goods by a non-owner..

Examination of the frameworks for combating gas flaring in Nigeria: why has the Nigerian government failed to combat gas flaring. (2016)
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MOHAMMED, J. 2016. Examination of the frameworks for combating gas flaring in Nigeria: why has the Nigerian government failed to combat gas flaring. Unimaid journal of public law, 4, pages 94-109.

Associated Gas (AG) flaring in Nigeria is a topical issue in view of the international efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions thereby saving the global environment. The Nigerian government has attempted to eliminate or at least, reduce the volumes... Read More about Examination of the frameworks for combating gas flaring in Nigeria: why has the Nigerian government failed to combat gas flaring..

Challenges to prosecutorial discretion. (2016)
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ARNELL, P. and SHARP, L. 2016. Challenges to prosecutorial discretion. Scots law times [online], 2016(21), pages 113-115. Available from: http://westlaw.co.uk

Considers challenges to prosecutorial discretion in light of the ECtHR decision in Da Silva v United Kingdom (5878/08) on whether UK authorities had failed, under ECHR art.2, to conduct an effective investigation into the fatal shooting by police off... Read More about Challenges to prosecutorial discretion..

Mountain child: systematic literature review. (2016)
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AUDSLEY, A., WALLACE, R.M.M. and PRICE, M.F. 2016. Mountain child: systematic literature review. Maternal and child health journal [online], 20(12), pages 2415-2423. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-016-2051-8

Objectives This systematic review identifies and reviews both peer-reviewed and 'grey' literature, across a range of disciplines and from diverse sources, relating to the condition of children living in mountain communities in low- and middle-income... Read More about Mountain child: systematic literature review..

The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act Section 38: The implications of Paterson v Harvie. (2016)
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SHARP, L. 2016. The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act Section 38: The implications of Paterson v Harvie. Juridical review, 2, pages 117-128. Available from: http://www.westlaw.co.uk

Examines how the Scottish courts have interpreted the actus reus of the offence of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, under the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 s.38, which was introduced after the High Court of Justiciary... Read More about The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act Section 38: The implications of Paterson v Harvie..

Plagium: an archaic and anomalous crime. (2016)
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BROWN, J. 2016. Plagium: an archaic and anomalous crime. Juridical review [online], 2, pages 129-146. Available from: http://www.westlaw.co.uk

Questions, in light of the continued existence of the offence of plagium in Scotland, involving the aggravated theft of pre-pubescent children, whether children are considered as 'mere things' under Scots law. Examines the history of the crime of pla... Read More about Plagium: an archaic and anomalous crime..

Women's rights in Africa: an examination of African human rights systems in the context of CEDAW and the universalism versus cultural relativism debate. (2016)
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FATUROTI, B. 2016. Women's rights in Africa: an examination of African human rights systems in the context of CEDAW and the universalism versus cultural relativism debate. Journal of comparative law in Africa [online], 3(1), pages 149-176. Available from: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-60b4cfc84

Many African women suffer discrimination on the grounds of their gender and other factors, such as religion, customs, age and marital status. They continue to be victims of harmful practices whose perpetrators are never held to account because the pr... Read More about Women's rights in Africa: an examination of African human rights systems in the context of CEDAW and the universalism versus cultural relativism debate..

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