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Law Reform For Dummies (3rd Edition), Roderick A. Macdonald
Law Reform For Dummies (3rd Edition), Roderick A. Macdonald
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Legal pluralist law reform engages citizens in dialogue through which they gain richer insight into their normative lives and learn to manage everyday interactions with each other. Noting that first- and second-generation law reform commissions have been critiqued for their narrow vision and goal of modifying individual legal rules, this article shifts the focus to the general public as a key player in the enterprise. This is how law reform responds to public concerns and engages the public’s assumptions about the reform process. The true ambition of law reform is to find opportunities for Canadians to examine their assumptions about …
What Is Access To Justice?, Trevor C. W. Farrow
What Is Access To Justice?, Trevor C. W. Farrow
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Access to justice is the most pressing justice issue today. It has become the major focus of essentially all stakeholders in the legal community—governments, regulators, bar associations, researchers, and educators. It now needs to become an increasing topic of attention for those who use the system: the public. With all of this attention, what does the phrase “access to justice” really mean, particularly from the perspective of the public? In addition to reviewing the access to justice literature and policy initiatives, this article develops a public centered understanding of access to justice. It does so primarily by reporting on a …
Is Nigeria A Secular State? Law, Human Rights And Religion In Context, Osita Nnamani Ogbu
Is Nigeria A Secular State? Law, Human Rights And Religion In Context, Osita Nnamani Ogbu
The Transnational Human Rights Review
Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious state. The two major religions in the country are Islam and Christianity. Adherents of these two major religions take divergent positions on the question of the secularity of the Nigerian state. While most Christians argue for separation of the Nigerian state from religion, most Muslims advocate the fusion of religion, the state and the law. To many of them, the Sharia ought to govern the totality of the life of a Muslim from cradle to grave. For instance, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, maintained that any call …