Journal of
Law and Conflict Resolution

  • Abbreviation: J. Law Conflict. Resolut
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9804
  • DOI: 10.5897/JLCR
  • Start Year: 2009

JLCR Articles in press

EXAMINING INVESTORS’ COPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS

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Despite advancements in the disciplines of business and human rights regarding corporate responsibility for human rights, the determination of the responsibilities of foreign investors with respect to human rights remains mostly unchanged. The notion that companies should uphold human rights is deeply ingrained in international law and is predicated on what society expects from companies operating in the twenty-first...

Author(s):Kiiza Smith, Renu Pal Sood, Malvika Gupta

A Legal Analysis of Somaliland’s Quest for Statehood under International Law

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The military Siad Barre dictatorship was overthrown in Somalia, and Somaliland immediately declared its independence and withdrew from the union with Somalia on May 18, 1991. Nearly three decades have passed since Somaliland proclaimed its independence, created its own government, maintained stability, and kept the peace. The world community has not, however, acknowledged its deed. The only remaining territory of the old...

Author(s):Bile Abdillahi Mohamed

Reasons for the exclusion of women in track one mediation leadership in South Sudan mediation process 2013-2018.

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In 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted the landmark resolution UNSC 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. This resolution urges member states to ensure the prevention of conflict against women, promote the protection of women during conflicts and ensure participation of women in conflict resolution and post conflict reconstruction of their communities. This resolution further urges member states to...

Author(s):Litlhare Rabele, Cori Wielenga

LAND MANAGEMENT AND VIOLENT CONFLICT IN EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA

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The nature and character of conflicts in Africa have remained intractable. This is as a result of an unending agitations and fights among parties to the conflict, struggling to win at all cost. In Nigeria, the extent of conflict, especially communal has taken a dangerous shape as losses are counted unceasingly. Interestingly, the degree of eruptions and spread of violent communal conflicts, and claim of ownership of land...

Author(s):ABADA, Ifeanyichukwu Michael

Management of Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia: The Case of Amhara and Oromo Ethnic Groups

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This paper seeks to examine the causes and management of ethnic conflicts in Ethiopia, with a particular reference to the two major ethnic groups, the Amhara, and Oromo. Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic country where various ethnic groups have lived together for millennia, in relative peace. Over the last few years, intra-ethnic conflicts have intensified. Even though the two major ethnic groups, the Amhara, and the Oromo, have...

Author(s):Moges Zewiddu Teshome

Assessing the Implementation of the Federal Supreme Court Cassation Decisions in Selected Federating Units and Federal Government of Ethiopia: Language as a Stumbling block [?]

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This study, by using a qualitative research methodology, besides determining the degree of implementation of the Federal Supreme Court Cassation Decisions (hereinafter, FSCCDs) in selected federating units, and federal level, primarily targets to examine the effect of the language of their publication on their level of implementation. Accordingly, it argues that the extent of implementation of FSCCDs is not to the required...

Author(s):Markos Belay

Federalism in Ethiopia: Analyzing Emerging Issues Endangering Ethnic Unity in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State

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Federalism as a political idea is very important instrument to reconcile the principles of unity (shared-rule) and diversity (self-rule) typically in multi-national states. However, it is not a universal remedy for all challenges of ethnic diversity rather it has considered to be a means to achieve the end. The very objective of this paper is to critically analyze the emerging issues threatening the ethnic unity in...

Author(s):Muluneh Kassa

State Fragility, Failure and Collapse in the New World Order. A Critical Assessment of the Applicability of these Concepts in the Case of Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia

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The idea of state fragility, state failure and state collapse emerged, since the end of the cold war in the international system particularly in developing countries. Among others, these situation strongly influenced African states with political instability, violent conflict, economic crises. As a result, political science ,international organization and international relation literatures have been concerned with...

Author(s): Sibuh Gebeyaw Tareke

The role of a legal system in the improvement of a country’s economy in relation to foreign investment

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This paper examines the role of a legal system in the improvement of a country’s economy in relation to foreign investment. The study adopted the descriptive and analytical design, using the doctrinal methodology. It analyses the thematic problem of the investment climate issue in Nigeria, improvement in the mechanism for the resolution of investments arbitrations in Nigeria and the expropriation in foreign investment...

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Presidential system of government and democratic governance in Nigeria from second to fourth republics: An examination of the legal perspectives

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This paper examines the legal perspectives of Presidential system of government and democratic governance in the second to fourth Republics of Nigeria. It reviews the legal concepts of Presidential system, democracy, governance and civil rule. The features of presidential system and democratic governance, the characteristics of the system, advantages and disadvantages of presidential and parliamentary systems are examined....

Author(s):Chukwuka Onyeaku

PITFALLS AND IMPERATIVES FOR CLARITY IN THE CLOSEST CONNECTION PRINCIPLE: CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OF NIGERIA IN FOCUS

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This paper evaluates the claim of “certainty and flexibility” associated with the most significant connection principle. The principle allows a forum court to apply the law of the state which is closest to the transaction. This occurs whenever parties to an international transaction fail to stipulate an applicable law in the event of any dispute. It is contended that this practice does not remove the burden of...

Author(s):CHRISTOPHER ASIAFITI

WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: A JUDICIAL RHETORIC TOWARDS A PRIVACY JURISPRUDENCE

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A women’s reproductive rights or abortion decisions are complex and riddled with moral considerations. It is for that reason that women must be permitted to make the decision themselves. Women need the freedom to make reproductive decisions not merely to vindicate a right to be left alone, but often to strengthen their ties to others: to plan responsibly and have a family for which they can provide, to pursue...

Author(s):Nico P. Swartz

Land Conflicts and their implications on social stability in Amuru district, northern Uganda Key words

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Land conflicts are threatening the relative peace that is prevailing in northern Uganda after twenty years of war characterized by displacement of more than two million people. The paper investigated the causes of land conflicts, how they have affected society, and the mechanisms that have been employed to resolve them. A questionnaire was used to collect data in rural communities about the prevalence, causes and...

Author(s):EXPEDITO NUWATEGEKA

JUDICIAL CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: HISTORY, CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND REMEDIES

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Judicial corruption is one of the greatest obstacles to development in most developing countries of the world especially in Sub-Saharan African countries. Of course, Africa is not the only continent of the world that is affected by judicial corruption, recent global reports on the integrity of the courts in Latin-America, Asia and the Middle-East indicate that corruption is still a significant impediment to the rule of law...

Author(s):Adisa

NEGATING THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH “CLAW-BACK” CLAUSES IN THE AFRICAN CHARTERON HUMAN AND PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

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The phrase ‘claw-back” clause has often been used to refer to those provisions of the African Charter that seek to minimize or limit some of the rights guaranteed under the Charter. Consequently, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights has often been criticized for having an abundance of “claw-back” clauses, thereby compromising the realization of some human rights. A critical analysis of the criticism...

Author(s):Loveness Muyengwa

THE EVOLUTIONARY TREND OF CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY AND LIMITATIONS OF CULPABILITY IN NIGERIA

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The theory of corporate personality under the Nigerian Companies and Allied Matters Act 2010 has shown that companies are artificial entities with the attributes of natural persons. Companies are the creation of law and are, in all respects an abstraction which has no human anatomy or mind of its own but rather carries out its activities through the instrumentality of human persons. To determine the criminal intent of this...

Author(s):RICHARDS U. EKEH

Theoretical underpinnings of Ethiopian law of contract formation

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The existence of mutual assent between and among contracting parties is the basic requirement for contract formation in all jurisdictions. However, there is diverging view with regard to how this mutual assent of the parties shall be determined. While some jurisdictions principally employ “meetings of minds” (subjective theory of contract) standard to ascertain the existence of mutual assent, some other jurisdictions...

Author(s):Yohannes Hailu Tessema

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