Full Description
The contributions to this volume focus on a diverse array of topics in international law, with scholarly interventions from experts in the field, both in academia and the judiciary, as well as case commentary on a recent decision of the International Court of Justice (Chagos Decision). The theoretical and methodological breadth of the issues covered are relevant to audiences beyond the Nigerian and African intellectual space. In particular, this volume includes analysis on critical intellectual property law questions; intersections of national, regional and international law and technology; the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement; and maritime law. The authoritative views of the experts on the different issues covered in this volume make excellent contributions to their relevant fields.
Contents
Part I - International Law: New Reflections on Humankind as a Subject of International Law by Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade.- Can the Law Respond to Threatened Apocalypse? by Judge David Baragwanath.- The Rule of International Law - Where Are We Going? by Judge Howard Morrison.- Part II - Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law: Coastal State Regulation of the Use of Arms in the Private Protection of Commercial Vessels in the Gulf of Guinea: A Nigerian Perspective by Osatohanmwen O. Anastasia Eruaga.- Joint Development of Transboundary Natural Resources - Lessons from the Nigeria-São Tomé e Príncipe Joint Development Zone by Adaeze Okoye, Mariam Masini, and Alache Fisho.- Implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)-based Electronic Waste Institutions in Nigeria: Lessons from the Global North by Irekpitan Okukpon.- Part III - Intellectual Property: The Participation of Pharmaceutical Drug Industry in Patent Governance and Law-Making: A Case Study of India and Nigeria by Amaka Vanni.- Part IV - International Criminal Law: The International Criminal Court - What Has It Accomplished? by Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji.- Improving the Efficiency of International Criminal Courts and Tribunals: The Paris Declaration on the Effectiveness of International Criminal Justice by Judge Ivana Hrdličková, Adrian Plevin and Amanda Fang.- The International Criminal Court on the Rohingyas' Situation and the Early Scholarly Echo of the Decision by Judge Péter Kovacs.- The Law's Response to the Plight of Victims of Trauma in the Context of International Criminal Justice by Judge Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko.- Part V - International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: TWAILing the Minimum Core Concept: Re-thinking the Minimum Core of Economic and Social Rights in the Third World by CarolineOmari Lichuma.- Health and Development in Africa: How Far Can the Human Rights Jurisprudence Go? by Olasupo Owoeye.- Determining the Termination of a Non-International Armed Conflict: An Analysis of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Northern Nigeria by Solomon Ukhuegbe and Alero I. Fenemigho.- Part VI - International Economic Law/International Investment Law: African Investment Agreement Reform and its Contribution to Sustainable Foreign Investment by Gudrun Monika Zagel.- The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Imperative of Democratic Legitimacy: An Analysis by Babatunde Fagbayibo.- Part VII - Contemporary Challenges/Emerging Issues: Technology and the Law: The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Africa by Izuoma Egeruoh-Adindu.- Child Rights Protection, Nigerian Federalism and Culture: Irreconcilable Goals? by Fife Lekan Ogunde.- Part VIII - Case Comment: Decolonising the Chagos Islands? by John Reynolds.
