Author: Rufus Akinyele
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004396284
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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This volume in honour of Stephen Ellis is a follow-up to the public presentation of his book on the history of organised crime in Nigeria This Present Darkness (Hurst, 2016) at the University of Lagos, Nigeria on 28 October 2016. In addition to four papers, and a book review presented at this colloquium, other contributions about crime in Nigeria have been added, written by Nigerian authors. In July 2015 Stephen died, and he has worked on This Present Darkness almost to his last moments, as a senior researcher of the African Studies Centre in Leiden. This book also contains a tribute to his life and work written by his wife and scholar Gerrie ter Haar. Contributors include: A.E Akintayo, Jackson Aluede, Franca Attoh, Ayodele Atsenuwa, Edmund Chilaka, Samson Folarin, Gerrie ter Haar, Ayodeji Olukoju, Abiodun Oluwadare, Paul Osifodunrin and Leo Enahoro Otoide.
Author: Rufus Akinyele
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004396241
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Introduction /Rufus Akinyele and Ton Dietz --Stephen Ellis: his life and work /Gerrie ter Haar --Theft in early colonial Lagos, 1861-1906 /Paul Osifodunrin --Smuggling across the Nigeria-Benin border and its impact on Nigeria's economic development /Jackson A. Aluede --Changing patterns of crime and malfeasance in Nigerian port environments since the 1990s /Edmund Chilaka --Nature and management of human trafficking: the Nigerian Edo people's experience /Leo Otoide --Militancy and criminality in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria /Abiodun Oluwadare --Crime at the University of Lagos: insights from Akoka campus /Franca Attoh --Reporting crime in contemporary Lagos /Samson Folarin --Currency counterfeiting and "substantial justice" in colonial Nigeria: Rex vs Tijani Ali, 1931-33 /Ayodeji Olukoju --Class based criminal justice regime, supermarket courts, and illicit interests: the Nigerian criminal justice administration system in critical perspective /A.E. Akintayo --Book review. This present darkness: a history of Nigerian organised crime authored by Stephen Ellis (London: Hurst and Co, 2016) /Ayo Atsenuwa
Author: Anthony Musson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719038020
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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This book provides an accessible collection of translated legal sources through which the exploits of criminals and developments in the English criminal justice system (c.1215–1485) can be studied. Drawing on the wealth of archival material and an array of contemporary literary texts, it guides readers towards an understanding of prevailing notions of law and justice and expectations of the law and legal institutions. Tensions are shown emerging between theoretical ideals of justice and the practical realities of administering the law during an era profoundly affected by periodic bouts of war, political in-fighting, social dislocation and economic disaster. Introductions and notes provide both the specific and wider legal, social and political contexts in addition to offering an overview of the existing secondary literature and historiographical trends. This collection affords a valuable insight into the character of medieval governance as well as revealing the complex nexus of interests, attitudes and relationships prevailing in society during the later Middle Ages.
Author: Adegbola Ojo
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030197654
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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This book uses crime-science and traditional criminological approaches to explore urban crime in the rapidly urbanising country Nigeria, as a case study for urban crime in developing nations. In Africa’s largest democracy, rapid unmanaged growth in its cities combined with decaying public infrastructure mean that risk factors accumulate and deepen the potential for urban crime. This book includes a thorough explanation of key concepts alongside an examination of the contemporary configuration, dynamics, dimensions, drivers and potential responses to urban crime challenges. The authors also discuss a range of methodological techniques and applications that can be used, including spatial technologies to generate new data for analysis. It brings together history, theory, trends, patterns, drivers, repercussions and responses to provide a deep analysis of the challenges that confront urban dwellers. Urbanisation and Crime in Nigeria offers academics, researchers, governments, civil society organisations, citizens, and international partners a tool with which to engage in a serious dialogue about crime within cities, based on evidence and good practices from inside and outside sub-Saharan Africa.
Author: Stephen Ellis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 019049431X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
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Traces the origins of Nigerian organized crime, going back to the final years of colonial rule.
Author: Viviane Saleh-Hanna
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776618237
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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A pioneering book on prisons in West Africa, Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria is the first comprehensive presentation of life inside a West African prison. Chapters by prisoners inside Kirikiri maximum security prison in Lagos, Nigeria are published alongside chapters by scholars and activists. While prisoners document the daily realities and struggles of life inside a Nigerian prison, scholar and human rights activist Viviane Saleh-Hanna provides historical, political, and academic contexts and analyses of the penal system in Nigeria. The European penal models and institutions imported to Nigeria during colonialism are exposed as intrinsically incoherent with the community-based conflict-resolution principles of most African social structures and justice models. This book presents the realities of imprisonment in Nigeria while contextualizing the colonial legacies that have resulted in the inhumane brutalities that are endured on a daily basis. Keywords: Nigeria, West Africa, penal system, maximum-security prison. Published in English.
Author: David Scott Clark
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1781006091
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 481
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Comparative Law and Society, part of the Research Handbooks in Comparative Law series, is a pioneering volume that comprises 19 original essays written by expert authors from across the world. This innovative handbook offers both a history of the field of comparative law and society and a thorough exploration of its methods, disciplines, and major issues, presenting the most comprehensive look into this contemporary field to date. In Part I, Methods and Disciplines, contributors approach critical issues in comparative law and society from a variety of academic fields, including sociology, criminology, anthropology, economics, political science, and psychology. This multidisciplinary approach highlights the importance of addressing the variance of perspectives inherent to the field. In Part II, Core Issues, chapters offer an exploration of major legal institutions, processes, professionals, and cultures associated with particular legal subjects. Since authors utilize the perspective of at least two different legal systems, this book offers a truly thorough and wide-ranging focus. the general reader, as well as students and scholars, will find this handbook useful in their continuing explorations into the interaction between law and society. Practitioners such as lawyers and judges with an interest in global perspectives of law will also find much to admire in this innovative volume.
Author: Andrew Murray
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199661510
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 639
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Information Technology Law examines how the law interacts with our actions in cyberspace and other elements of the information society. The first textbook to consider the relationship between the legal system and the information society, it also covers issues such as governance, free expression, crime, and looks forward to future challenges
Author: Matthew Lippman
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1544392559
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 665
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"Law and Society, Third Edition, offers a contemporary overview of the structure and function of legal institutions, along with a lively discussion of both criminal and civil law and their impact on society. Unlike other books on law and society, Matthew Lippman takes an interdisciplinary approach that highlights the relevance of the law throughout our society. Distinctive coverage of diversity, inequality, civil liberties, and globalism is intertwined through an organized theme in a strong narrative. The highly anticipated Third Edition of this practical and invigorating text introduces students to both the influence of law on society and the influence of society on the law. Discussions of the pressing issues facing today's society include key topics such as the law and inequality, international human rights, privacy and surveillance, and law and social control. ?KEY FEATURES: An interdisciplinary approach integrates various intellectual perspectives and traditions to provide extensive coverage of the legal profession, juries, criminal courts, and racial and ethnic inequality. Gender is covered throughout the text with particular attention devoted to abortion, human trafficking, global exploitation, sexual abuse, and the role of women in the justice system. A distinction between legal myth and reality is analyzed throughout the text using contemporary media examples. International Perspective sections offer relevant cross-cultural and international studies to provide a unique global viewpoint. Test Your Knowledge questions open chapters to show students what they may and may not know prior to reading the chapters. You Decide cases are presented throughout the book to sharpen critical thinking skills by applying the chapter contents to contemporary issues"--
Author: Rachel Sieder
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317291271
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 978
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An understanding of law and its efficacy in Latin America demands concepts distinct from the hegemonic notions of "rule of law" which have dominated debates on law, politics and society, and that recognize the diversity of situations and contexts characterizing the region. The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society in Latin America presents cutting-edge analysis of the central theoretical and applied areas of enquiry in socio-legal studies in the region by leading figures in the study of law and society from Latin America, North America and Europe. Contributors argue that scholarship about Latin America has made vital contributions to longstanding and emerging theoretical and methodological debates on the relationship between law and society. Key topics examined include: The gap between law-on-the-books and law in action The implications of legal pluralism and legal globalization The legacies of experiences of transitional justice Emerging forms of socio-legal and political mobilization Debates concerning the relationship between the legal and the illegal. The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society in Latin America sets out new research agendas for cross-disciplinary socio-legal studies and will be of interest to those studying law, sociology of law, comparative Latin American politics, legal anthropology and development studies.
