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Item Combating Corruption in Nigeria the Role of Legislature Examine(University of Ilorin Law Journal, 2009) Imam, Ibrahim; Abdulraheem-Mustaph, Mariam Athere is no doubt that crime of corruption in government threaten the moral intergrity of a nation and hamperd development, this thus make of discuss very interesting especially looking at global effect of corruption on democracy and development generally. it is apposite to state that some statutes defined or listed acts that constitute corruption in Nigeria, this paper examine critically the legislative synergy on fighting corruption in term of legislation, legislative functions and policy measures.anti-graftItem Corruption in Nigeria: A call for an aggressive Legal Solution(Journal of International law and jurisprudence, Nnamdi Azikwe University, 2010) Imam, Ibrahim; Abdulraheem-Mustaph, Mariam ACorruption has been an issue which has equally become an obstacle to the achievement of a better, efficient and effective economic development and virile democracy globally. Corruption is not exclusively economic phenomenon but manifest in every facet of our lives, in political processes and other sectors like industries, banks, government establishments/institutions, law enforcement and Judicial system, legislative assemblies, that is to say private and public sectors. This article will proffer aggressive legal solution as a panacea to this hydra-headed canker worm.Item Judicial attitude to semantic and grammatical ambiguities in law(Kogi State University Bi-annual Journal of Public Law, 2010) Imam, Ibrahim; Abdulraheem-Mustaph, Mariam AWords are integral component of language and language is an indisputable tool of expression. It is through language we communicate and pass instruction across. Language may take form of sign, writing or oral expressions. However, be it sign, written or conversational, the need may arise for the explanation and or interpretative effort for proper understanding of the word and meaning it convey. For example, literary critics, who appraise literary work of arts, need to interpret. A historian, who engages in the work of trying to understand or furnish a reckoning of past, events and roles of personalities, do interpret and give meaning out of what may be considered happened by accident or chance. This equally applies to judges saddled with judicial powers when faced with ambiguous word in statue to invoke their powers under the constitution to interpret and bring out the intent of the maker. When we discuss semantic and grammatical ambiguities in law, therefore, we are talking about word in its usage and the meaning it convey to the listeners, as intended by the maker(legislature) and judicial business in giving or interpreting the words as used. Thus, the focus of this article is to examine the relation between law and English language and the attitude of court in its authoritative interpretative jurisdiction to find the meaning and intent of the legislature where there is or no grammatical ambiguity therein and suggestion on ways to avoid ambiguity in statue.Item An Overview of the Concept of Legislative Assembly's immunity in Nigeria(Akungba Law Journal, Faculty of Law, Adekunle Ajasin University, 2009) Imam, Ibrahim; Abdulraheem-Mustaph, Mariam A; Olookoba, Saka MuhammedIn virtually all established and emerging democratic nations in the world today, there is some sort of immunity from prosecution for members of the Legislature, Congress, Bundestag or Parliament, often these rights are addressed in a country's constitution or statute. the legitimate purpose of this immunity is to allow legislators to freely express themselves and adopt policy position without fear of politically motivated retribution or molestation. this paper does examine legislative immunity in Nigeria, the justification for same putting in mind the fact that legislative business in modern democracy is now enormous and demanding. it concluded that immunity for legislature is ssignificant to guarantee free and progressive legislative business for development.Item Striking a balance between freedom of expression and political violent: rights and restriction under the international and domestic instrumentss(Journal of Public and International law, Dept of Public Law, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2010) Imam, Ibrahim; Abdulraheem-Mustaph, Mariam A; Abdulrauf, Lukman AFreedom of expression is globally recognized as an important metric enjoyed by citizens to limit government power and demand for free, transparent, fair and good governance in a democratic society. However, there has been evidence of dramatic use of sensitive but violent driven language by politicians as tool for pursuing political agenda under the pretext of freedom of expression. The paper explores the relationship between sensitive politically violent language and freedom of expression, the problems concerning their conceptualization and further understanding. Its main argument is that a stronger dialogue exists between what are known as unsavory, sensitive and instigative language and political violence. Arguably, absence of regulatory mechanisms to restrict such language on the basis of freedom of expression may affect peace and stability in Nigeria, which all government tools are designed to achieve. In this context the paper argued in favour of placing some restrictions on sensitive violent driven political language without undermining the right to freedom of expressionItem Sustainable development and rule of law: unlocking legislative committee's creativity(UNIZIK Law Journal, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra, 2011) Imam, Ibrahim; Abdulraheem-Mustaph, Mariam A; Olookoba, Saka Muhammed; Owoade, A. A.In modern democracies, the legislature has numerous duties. As significant stage organ in any democratic development, it examines the legislative proposals in the process of their passage and is entrusted with overseeing executive responsibilities and keeps an eye on government activities. Legislative committee system is the most vital structure that permits the legislators or compartmentalize their labor and specialize in particular areas of activities. It is the most significant legislative mechanism and therefore commonly called “miniature legislatures” or “microcosms” of main legislative bodies. Therefore, this paper intends to analyze the function and role of the Nigerian legislative assembly committees in the post 1999 era to date and its contributions to sustainable development and rule of law through legislations. In doing so, this study identifies and examines the factors that has considerable influence in the working of the legislative committees in general and the Nigerian legislative assembly committee in particular. This paper considers the relationship between sustainable development and committee system in democratic society by, focusing on the national assembly. The goal is to identify the realm of committee’s function in legislative assembly and legislative process that are necessary for sustainable development in Nigeria societies where exclusive and holistic legislative action remain pervasive. Is it possible to employ committees system to achieve sustainable development?