Publication Title ‘LAW-INDUSTRY’ STAKEHOLDERS AS CATALYST IN PROMOTING LAW, JUSTICE DELIVERY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGERIAN STATE Download PDF
Publication Type journal
Publisher https://www.kblsp.org.ng/index.php/kblsp
Publication Authors ?ERIC OMO ENAKIRERU & NOBERT CHUKWUKA OKOLIE
Year Published 2024-06-04
Abstract The article examined the contribution role of the „law-industry? in promoting law, justice delivery and economic development of the Nigerian state. As a matter of fact, the law industry is and has remained critical stakeholders in the overall administration and adjudication of the justice system in Nigeria. The law-industry has been a threshold elemental force reining the promotion of law and related legal regimes, usually through effective justice delivery system, and cumulatively ushering an enduring legacy of transparent and accountable governance, both in Africa and Nigeria. The balancing need to sketch the legal matrix for the inter-relatedness between law and justice delivery, and the development of the economy, is a desideratum. The impact of the law industry on justice delivery as well as the development of the economy cannot be over-emphasised. A virile and effective legal and law-industry remain a panacea in promoting economic-development. Beyond this threshold, the authors contended the attendant challenges and impact of corruption on the economy in developing countries such as Nigeria; with associated lack of accountability, insecurity, instability and weak institutions. The paper further questioned the national budget format as irrelevant and archaic, consequent on age-old introduction by the defunct colonial administration. The authors therefore maintained that the constitutional and legal basis of the Nigerian economy should be the fulcrum upon which the government is to harness the resources of the Nation in order to promote national security, efficient and dynamic self-reliant economy. This, of course, is not an end but only a means to secure maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every citizen on the basis of social justice, equality of status and opportunity.
Publication Title ‘LAW-INDUSTRY’ STAKEHOLDERS AS CATALYST IN PROMOTING LAW, JUSTICE DELIVERY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGERIAN STATE Download PDF
Publication Type journal
Publisher https://www.kblsp.org.ng/index.php/kblsp
Publication Authors ?ERIC OMO ENAKIRERU & NOBERT CHUKWUKA OKOLIE
Year Published 2024-06-04
Abstract The article examined the contribution role of the „law-industry? in promoting law, justice delivery and economic development of the Nigerian state. As a matter of fact, the law industry is and has remained critical stakeholders in the overall administration and adjudication of the justice system in Nigeria. The law-industry has been a threshold elemental force reining the promotion of law and related legal regimes, usually through effective justice delivery system, and cumulatively ushering an enduring legacy of transparent and accountable governance, both in Africa and Nigeria. The balancing need to sketch the legal matrix for the inter-relatedness between law and justice delivery, and the development of the economy, is a desideratum. The impact of the law industry on justice delivery as well as the development of the economy cannot be over-emphasised. A virile and effective legal and law-industry remain a panacea in promoting economic-development. Beyond this threshold, the authors contended the attendant challenges and impact of corruption on the economy in developing countries such as Nigeria; with associated lack of accountability, insecurity, instability and weak institutions. The paper further questioned the national budget format as irrelevant and archaic, consequent on age-old introduction by the defunct colonial administration. The authors therefore maintained that the constitutional and legal basis of the Nigerian economy should be the fulcrum upon which the government is to harness the resources of the Nation in order to promote national security, efficient and dynamic self-reliant economy. This, of course, is not an end but only a means to secure maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every citizen on the basis of social justice, equality of status and opportunity.
Publication Title Examination of the Legal Effect of Regulation of Trademarks in Nigeria Download PDF
Publication Type journal
Publisher Scientific Research Publishing
Publication Authors Okubor Cecil Nwachukwu & Nobert Chukwuka Okolie
Year Published 2022-09-08
Abstract Trademark as a branch of intellectual property contributes immensely to the economic growth and development of many nations around the world and Nigeria is not an exception. The aim of this paper is to examine the legal effect of registration of trademark with a view to enhancing the economic efficiency of the marketplace by making the products and producers easier to identify by consumers. The article adopts a doctrinal approach based on tracing the meaning and types of trademark, registrable and non-registrable trademark, reasons for trademark registration, procedure for registration of trademark, and the legal effects of registration of trademark in Nigeria. The article finds out that the law, practice, and procedures for registration of trademarks are provided for in the Nigeria Trademark Act. However, the provisions of the Act still remains as it was copied from the United Kingdom Trademark Act of 1938 without any substantial amendment to bring the provisions in tandem with international best practices. The paper therefore recommends that the relevant authorities should take concrete steps to review or amend the present Trademark Act to meet the growing trends in the international sphere. With this, it is expected that the practice of Trademark will blossom to an acceptable international standard in Nigeria