| Email: | Click to show Okosa's Email Address | Birthday: | 20th May |
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| Staff Type: | Academic | Phone Number: | Login to view phone number |
| Website or LinkedIn URL: | Gender: | Male | |
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| Biography: | PLACE OF ORIGIN Ogidi, Idemmili North LGA, Anambra, State CONTACT/HOME ADDRESS Okosa’s Compound, Uru Ezealor, Village, Uru Ogidi, Idemmili North LGA, Anambra State |
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| Faculty/Department/Unit: | Faculty of Law | Rank: | Senior Lecturer |
| Research Interest: | Statehood Theory, Use of Force in International Law | ||
| Educational Qualifications: | 1987 .... Imo State University, (currently Abia State University) LL.B. (Hons.), 2nd Class Honours (Lower Division) 1988 ... Nigeria Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos, B.L 2nd Class Honours (Upper Division) 1991 ... University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos; LL.M 2018 ... University of Abuja, FCT; PhD |
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| Universities Attended: | 1987 .... Imo State University, (currently Abia State University) LL.B. (Hons.), 2nd Class Honours (Lower Division) 1988 ... Nigeria Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos, B.L 2nd Class Honours (Upper Division) 1991 ... University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos; LL.M 2018 ... University of Abuja, FCT; PhD |
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| Publications: | A. ARTICLES 1. ‘The Limits of Sovereignty and Diplomatic Immunity,’ (2004) 4(1) The Constitution [88-93] 2. ‘Legal Protection of Trade Dresses Under Nigerian Law,’ <https://www.mondaq.com/Nigeria/Intellectual-Property>; <https://nlipw.com/legal-topics>; <www.nigerianlawguru.com/articles> 3. ‘Statehood Theory: Current Scholarship on the Various Theories of Statehood in International Law,’ (2018) 1(1) Nile University of Nigeria Law Journal [107-128] 4. ‘Current Trends in Statehood Theory: Counter Terrorism, the Security Council Resolutions and Erosion of Sovereignty,’ (2019) 1(2) Nile University of Nigeria Law Journal, [147-163] 5. ‘The Nigeria/P&ID Arbitration: The Limits of Sovereign Immunity and Nigeria’s Sovereign Prerogative to Resist Enforcement of the Award,’ (2019) 17 Abia State University Law Journal, [66-78] 6. ‘Current Issues in International Law: The New Sovereignty, Democratic Entitlement and the US Visa Ban on Certain Nigerian Politicians,’ (2019) 1(1) University of Abuja Law Journal, [255-278] 7. ‘International Commercial Arbitration: The P&ID Arbitral Award and the Triumph of restitutio in opulentia over restitutio in integrum,’ (2020) 5(1) University of Maiduguri Journal of Private and Property Law, [247-251] 8. ‘Sovereignty and Choice of Government in International Law: The Coup of Mali as a Case Study,’ (2020) 1(1) Usman Danfodio University Law Journal [140-157] 9. ‘Terrorism, Public Law and International Law: Congruence of Nigeria’s Domestic Legislation with the International Counter-Terrorism Regime,’ (2020) 1(2) Nnamdi Azikiwe University Law Review [1-25] 10. ‘Current trends in Statehood Theory: Humanitarian Intervention, Responsibility to Protect and the Diminution of Sovereignty,’ (2021) 7(1) University of Jos Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence [285-302] 11. ‘The Right of Counsel to Maintain a Lien against his Client for Unpaid Fees: The Theory and the Practice,’ (2021) 1(3) Nnamdi Azikiwe University Law Review [84-126] 12. (With CV Odoeme, PhD) ‘Freedom of Contract and Public Policy Prohibition of Penal Clauses in Contracts: Applicability to Banking Contracts,’ (2021) 1(2) Gregory University College of Law Journal [35-52] 13. ‘Nigerian Law, Counter Terrorism Investigations and Protection of Confidential Information,’ (2021) 6(1) University of Maiduguri Journal of Private and Property Law, [151-162] 14. ‘Extraordinary Renditions: Nigeria Finally Joins the Elite League,’ (2021) 6(2) University of Maiduguri Journal of Private and Property Law [108-119] 15. (With CV Odoeme) ‘Review of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015’ (2022) 4 NILDS Journal of Law Review [121-136] 16. ‘The Principles and Practice of Costs in Arbitral Proceedings,’ (2022) 4(1) International Review of Law and Jurisprudence, [38-44] 17. ‘Freedom of Establishment Under the ECOWAS Treaty: Right of a Community Citizen to Practise as Legal Counsel in Nigeria,’ (2022) 6(1) African Journal of Law and Human Rights, [8-13] 18. ‘Award of Costs in Judicial Proceedings: When a Legal Practitioner May be Personally Liable for Payment of Costs’ (2022) 3 International Journal of Law and Clinical Legal Education [75-82] 19. ‘Legal Regulation of Business and the Rule Against Unauthorised Practice of Law: A Conceptual Analysis' (2022) 9(3) Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of Commercial and Property Law [1-15] 20. ‘A Jurisprudence for Operation of Crime Victims Compensation in Nigeria’s Criminal Justice System' (2022) 13(2) Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence [158-172] 21. ‘Analysis of the Supreme Court’s New Jurisprudence of Award of Exemplary Costs in Abuse of Process Cases,’ (2022) 4(2) International Review of Law and Jurisprudence, [1-9] 22. ‘The Joseph Nwobike Case, The Void for Vagueness Doctrine and Clarifying an Otherwise Unexplored Jurisprudence,’ (2022) 7 African Journal of Criminal Law and Jurisprudence, [110-119] 23. ‘Secret Trial of Terrorism Suspects in Nigeria' (2022) 12 Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of Public and Private Law [129-139] 24. ‘Discipline of Notarys Public for Ethical Violations and NBA’s Pursuit of a Chimera’, (2022) 4(1) Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Journal of Private and Public Law [98-116] 25. ‘Unconstitutionality of Compulsory Dress Codes in Nigeria’s Higher Institutions’, (2022) 3 (2) Law and Social Justice Review [9-22] 26. ‘Illegal Extra-Territorial Abductions and the Concept of Mala Captus, Bene Detentus’, (2022) 4 (3) International Review of Law and Jurisprudence [26-35] 27. (With JC Ileka) ‘Right of a Community Citizen to Practice His Office as Notary Public in Nigeria Under the Freedom of Establishment Clause of the ECOWAS Treaty’, (2022) 2 (1) De Juriscope Law Journal, [1-18] 28. Case Review: ‘Equatorial Guinea v. France - How the ICJ Created Law out of Thin Air’, (2022) 2 (1) De Juriscope Law Journal, [62-80] 29. ‘Cameroon’s Liability for Downstream Damage by Waters from its Lagdo Dam’, (2023) 14 (1) Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence [160-171] 30. ‘Legality of Use of Mercenaries in Nigeria's Counter- Terrorism Protocol’, (2023) 19 (2) UNIZIK Law Journal [71-85] 31. ‘Regulation of the Legal Profession and Remuneration of Counsel: Procedure for Recovery of Compensation’, (2023) 1 (3) Frontline Bar Journal, [85-102] 32. ‘Illegal Extra-Territorial Abductions and Reconceptualising Mala Captus, Bene Detentus’, (2023) 3 (1) De Juriscope Law Journal, [23-44] 33. Case Review: The Cameroon v. Nigeria Case – When the ICJ set ‘Pacta Sunt Servanda and Nemo Dat Quod Non Habet to Nought’, (2023) 3 (1) De Juriscope Law Journal, [136-147] 34. (with CC Nwabachili) ‘Back to the Future: A Jurisprudence for Restoring INEC’s Neutrality in Election Petitions’, (2023) 5 (1) Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Journal of Private and Property Law [1-15] B. BOOKS 1. The Law of Confidential and Privileged Communications (Opinio Juris, 2016) 2. Notaries Public: The Law and the Practice (Opinio Juris, 2022) 3. Costs in Civil Proceedings (Opinio Juris, 2022) C. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 1. ‘Constitutional Safeguards in the Administration of Justice: The Principle of Fair Hearing’ in Kevin Nwosu (ed.) Dispute Resolution in the Palace: Legal Principles and Rules (vol. II) (Gold Press, Ibadan: 2010) [119-149] 2. ‘Law and Campaign Financing in Nigeria’, in Ogbodo & Ibe-Ojiludu (eds.) Topical legal issues on election and good governance in Nigeria: Essays in honour of Chief Awa U. Kalu, (Godfrey Okoye University Enugu: 2023) |
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