Eghosa Ekhator

Derby Law School

Kedleston Road

Derby, Derbyshire DE22 1GB

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (20)

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

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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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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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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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Climate Change, Multinationals and Human Rights in Nigeria: A Case for Climate Justice

Forthcoming in Kim Bouwer, Uzuazo Etemire, Tracy-Lynn Field and Ademola Oluborode Jegede (eds) In Pursuit of Climate Justice in Africa (Bristol University Press, 2023).
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Eghosa Ekhator and Edward Okumagba
Derby Law School and Delta State University
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Nigeria, Climate Litigation, Climate Justice, Court, Transnational Litigation

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

11.

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

12.

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

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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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Africa, Environmental Law, COVID-19, Legal Research

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The Role of Environmental Justice in Promoting the Rule of Law in Natural Resource Conflict Resolution in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria

Forthcoming in Obasesam Okoi, Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood and Victoria R. Nalule (eds.) Natural Resource Governance, Rule of Law, and Instability in Africa.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Dec 2022
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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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
University of Birmingham and Derby Law School
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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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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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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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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: 4
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