An Empirical Assessment of the Extent of Compliance with the Composition of Family Court under the Nigerian Child Rights Act, 2003A
| dc.contributor.author | Abdulraheem-Mustapha, M.A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-07T07:02:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-07T07:02:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Juvenile justice administration is an important component of social and distributive jus tice that focused on the well-being and welfare of children. Ordinarily in Nigeria, a child below the age of eighteen who is in conflict with the law or beyond parental control/in need of care and protection may have his/her case determined in the Family/Juvenile court. However, such a child may not get justice because of the absence of experienced hands in the mater. It is in the light of this that the major legal frameworks that regulate the administration of juvenile justice in Nigeria advance/promote mixed tribunal in the Family/Juvenile courts. However, in practice, the practice and procedure vary in the Family/Juvenile courts, resulting to injustice to a lot of juveniles as large number of them technically fall outside the scope and protection of these laws. Against this background, this paper assesses the level of implementation of the mixed tribunal in the administration of juvenile justice and analyzes the inherent problems and challenges faced by juvenile offenders in the procedural process of their trials in Nigeria. With the aid of a qualitative research methodology, the paper finds that the level of compliance with mixed tribunal is very low. It therefore recommends the reform of the regulatory frameworks on mixed tri bunals in order to state the roles of assessors/lay judges and benchmarks for their com positions and sizes in the administration of juvenile justice in Nigeria. Keywords: Corrective Institution, Family/Juvenile Court, Juvenile Justice Administra tion, Juvenile Offenders, Mixed Tribunal | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Corrective Institution, Family/Juvenile Court, Juvenile Justice Administra tion, Juvenile Offenders, Mixed Tribunal | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2659-0565 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/16938 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Published by the Department of Legislative Support Services, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, National Assembly, Abuja. | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 5 & 6; 122- 146, | |
| dc.title | An Empirical Assessment of the Extent of Compliance with the Composition of Family Court under the Nigerian Child Rights Act, 2003A | |
| dc.title.alternative | Journal of Law Review NILDS-JLR (2022-2023) | |
| dc.type | Article |