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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NGERIA SCHOOL OF LAW COURSE CODE:LAW 100 COURSE TITLE:INTRODUCTION TO LAW ...

LAW 100 INTRODUCTION TO LAW Course Developer G. I. Oyakhiromen Ph.D, BLNational Open University of Nigeria Course Adapters G. I. ...

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The Challenge of Inclusion ............................................ 1 Women and the Law .................................... ...

and the legislation of Nigerian legislatures both State and Federal. Nor is it Nigeria merely because it differs from English la ...

numerous laws, both State and Federal, prohibit discrimination, and conferring other legal rights which are consistent with the ...

removed, and laws have been put in place to try to reinforce the principle of equal opportunity. Coinciding with these changes, ...

The legal system has also had to adapt to the needs of children to a much greater extent than hitherto. The awareness in recent ...

asked and to prevent then from being subjected to unfair cross- examination. However, a lack of awareness of the problems childr ...

religious or linguistic minorities, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with other ...

links with her or his extended family. The willingness or unwillingness of one parent seeking custody to allow contact with the ...

context of a multicultural policy means the right of all Nigerians to equality of treatment and opportunity, and the removal of ...

government, a similar discrepancy between theory and practice can occur. Laws can be passed which are presented as the solution ...

Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law The significance of the courts does not lie only in their role as the final adjudicators of ...

litany of problems. These respondents were asked about personal injuries and other tortuous damage where $1000 or more was at st ...

There are a number of obstacles inhibiting access to justice. A fundamental one is that lack of information about the possibilit ...

pursue claims that might have been of considerable material value to them, such as those for damages for personal injuries arisi ...

and in some courts, a successful litigant may be awarded costs on a solicitor-client basis as long as those costs were reasonabl ...

encouragement through education campaigns and by other means, to take the first steps necessary to enforce their rights. When go ...

Another means of promoting consumer choice, as well as giving clients a greater degree of control over the costs of legal servic ...