Eghosa Ekhator

Derby Law School

Kedleston Road

Derby, Derbyshire DE22 1GB

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (24)

1.

Precolonial Legal System in Africa: An Assessment of Indigenous Laws of Benin

5 (2020) Umewaen: Journal of Benin and Edo Studies 38 -73
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2022
Idahosa Ojo and Eghosa Ekhator
Benson Idahosa University and Derby Law School
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Indigenous Laws, Benin, Collective Responsibility, Individual Responsibility, Religious law, Law of Primogeniture

2.

Protection and Promotion of Women’s Rights in Nigeria: Constraints and Prospects

Eghosa Ekhator ‘Protection and Promotion of Women’s Rights in Nigeria: Constraints and Prospects’ in Michael Addaney (ed) Women and Minority Rights Law: African Approaches and Perspectives to Inclusive Development (Eleven International Publishing, Netherlands 2019)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Nigeria, Women. Discrimination, Reform

3.

Environmental Justice in the Global South: Overview of some Contemporary Developments

A paper presented at the Human Rights Centre (HRC) Guest Speaker Series: Sustainability, Environment, Law, and Rights. Organised by the Human Rights Centre and University of Essex Law School, 2023
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Jun 2023
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Environmental Justice, India, South Africa, United States, Latin America, Africa

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Climate Change and Multinationals in Nigeria: A Case for Climate Justice

In: Kim Bouwer, Uzuazo Etemire, Tracy-Lynn Field and Ademola Oluborode Jegede (eds) Climate Litigation and Justice in Africa (Bristol University Press, 2024) pages 247 - 273
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2024
Eghosa Ekhator and Edward Okumagba
Derby Law School and Delta State University
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Nigeria, Climate Litigation, Climate Justice, Court, Transnational Litigation

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Chinese Oil Multinationals in the Oil and Gas Sector in Nigeria: An Appraisal

(2014) 28 Cadernos de Estudos Africanos 119-140
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Dec 2014
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Multinationals, Nigeria, CSR, Oil Industry, Environment

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Developing Countries and the WTO Dispute Resolution System: A Legal Assessment and Review

Afe Babalola University: Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy Vol. 2 Iss. 1 (2013), pp 121-138
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2013
Linimose Anyiwe and Eghosa Ekhator
University of Central Lancashire and Derby Law School
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DSU, DSS, Developing Countries, WTO, Advisory Centre

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Women and Access to Environmental Justice in Nigeria

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Nigeria, Environmental Justice, Protest, Women, Oil Industry

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Legal and Theoretical Assessment of the Right to Food in Nigeria

Rhuks Ako & Damilola Olawuyi (eds.) Sustainable Farming, Agriculture and the Law in Nigeria (2015)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 28 Feb 2016
Eghosa Ekhator and Kenneth Ajibo
Derby Law School and University of Hull, School of Law, Students
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Nigeria, Right to Food, International Law, Human Rights, African Commission, African Charter, Socio Economic Rights

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The Continuing Relevance of Customary Arbitration in Nigeria: Critical Evaluation of Contemporary Developments

Forthcoming in the African Journal of International and Comparative Law (2024)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Jul 2023
Eghosa Ekhator and Newman Richards
Derby Law School and University of Nigeria
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Nigeria, Customary Law, Customary Arbitration, Judiciary, Reforms

10.

Civil Regulation: A Theoretical Discussion

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Civil regulation, NGOs, CSOs, regulation, global governance

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The Roles of Civil Society Organisations in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Nigeria

International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law / vol. 16, no. 2, December 2014, pp. 47-52
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Jan 2015
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Nigeria, CSOs, Oil Industry, Transparency

12.

Sustainable Development and the African Union Legal Order

Forthcoming in Dr Olufemi Amao, Prof Michele Olivier and Prof Konstantin Magliveras (eds.) The Emergent African Union Law: Conceptualization, Delimitation, and Application (Oxford University Press).
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Apr 2021
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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AU Law, Sustainable Development, SDGs, Regional Courts, African Charter, African Commission, African Court

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Placing the Rule of Law and Environmental Justice in the Resource-Conflict Nexus in Nigeria

in Obasesam Okoi and Victoria R. Nalule (eds.) Natural Resource Governance, Rule of Law, and Instability in Africa (Routledge 2024) pages 145 - 168
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2024
Eghosa Ekhator and Godswill Agbaitoro
Derby Law School and Independent
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Africa, Environmental Justice, Natural Resource Governance, Rule of Law, Environment

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AfCFTA and Lex Mercatoria: Reconceptualizing International Trade Law in Africa

Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Oct 2020
Chisa Onyejekwe and Eghosa Ekhator
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Derby Law School
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Regional Integration, Africa, Lex Mercatoria, International Trade Law, African Free Trade Agreement

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International Environmental Governance: A Case for Sub-Regional Judiciaries in Africa

Michael Addaney and Ademola Jegede (eds) Human Rights and the Environment under African Union Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Apr 2020
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Regional Integration Courts, Environment

16.

Development of a Nigerian Business Law Module for Business Students at the University of Hull, United Kingdom

(2013) 4(2) Makerere Journal of Higher Education 221-235
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 Jun 2014
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Business Law, Course Design, SOLO Taxonomy

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Lex Mercatoria Africana: A Historical Review of International Trade in Africa

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 May 2023
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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African History, International Trade, Indigenous trade usages in Africa

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Africa, Environmental Law, COVID-19, Legal Research

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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Socio-Economic Rights of Older Persons in Africa: The Urgency of Operationalising the Protocol on the Rights of Older Persons

Philip E. Oamen and Eghosa O. Ekhator ‘The impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic rights of older persons in Africa: The urgency of operationalising the Protocol on the Rights of Older Persons’ (2021) 21(2) African Human Rights Law Journal 782-811
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Feb 2022
Philip Oamen and Eghosa Ekhator
Birmingham City University and Derby Law School
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The Enforcement of Transnational Climate Litigation Cases in Africa: Any Role for Private International Law?

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Workshop Series on 'Private International Law in Africa', Monday, 10th July 2023
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Jul 2023
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Climate Litigation, Transnational Litigation, Private International Law, Africa

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Improving Environmental Protection in Nigeria: A Reassessment of the Role of Informal Institutions

(2022) 13 (1) Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy 162- 199
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Sep 2022
Osamuyimen Enabulele and Eghosa Ekhator
Independent and Derby Law School
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Environment, Institutions, Informal institutions, Indigenous Knowledge, Taboos, Environmental protection

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Regulation of Labour Standards: An International Perspective

Journal of Globalisation and Development in Africa (2009) 2 (June) 11 - 28
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Nov 2022
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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Labour Standards, MNCs, FDI, Codes of Conduct

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Submission to the African Commission Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the Draft Study on the Right to Health and its Financing in Africa

Submission to the African Commission, 2023
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Sep 2023
Philip Oamen and Eghosa Ekhator
Birmingham City University and Derby Law School
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Africa, Age, COVID-19, Draft Study, Financing, Health, Older Persons, Rights

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Multinational Corporations, Accountability and Environmental Justice: The Move Towards Sub-regional Litigation in Africa

(2022) 121 (02) German Journal of Comparative Law (Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft) 118-130
Posted: 09 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School

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Multinational corporations, Cross-border litigation, Environmental Justice, ECOWAS Court of Justice

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 14
1.

AfCFTA: An emergent concept of ‘Lex Mercatoria Africana’?

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2022
Eghosa Ekhator
Derby Law School
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lex mercatoria, AfCFTA, Regional Integration in Africa, International Trade Law