In a world characterized by greed and the lust for
power and its attendant trappings, abuse of legal power is nothing
new to most of us. Legal abuses of power abound in all fields of
human endeavour. Accounts of such abuses dominate the mass media
and for the average individual, no single day goes by without his
getting to hear about at least one such occurrence. This paper briefly
looks at the meaning of legal power, what legal abuse is all about, its
causes, and some of its manifestations in the society. Its
consequences will also be discussed and some suggestions for reform
will be made. In the course of the paper, references will be made to
various jurisdictions around the world.
[1] A. O. Obilade, Abuse of Legal Power in Nigerian Essays in
Jurisprudence, T. O Elias and M. I. Jegede (Eds.), 1993, Lagos, MIJ
Publishers Ltd, p. 17.
[2] N. O. Mimiko, Swimming against the Tide: Development Challenge for
the Long-Disadvantaged in a Fundamentally Skewed Global System
Inaugural Lecture Series 233, 2010, Ile-Ife Obafemi Awolowo
University Press Ltd.
[3] Slesser, Henry L. J., The Art of Judgment and other Studies, 1st Edition,
(1962), London, Steven and Sons, pp. 32-33.
[4] G. W. Crooke and T. Fitzgerald, Abuse of Power does nothing to
protect Us, available at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-
03/fitzgerald-crooke-queensland/5230272.
[5] Moses Ebe Ochonu, Democracy and the Performance of Power:
Observations from Nigeria, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004, available at
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.4761563.0001.105;
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/textidx?
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001.105.
[6] B. Omoike, 2014, Corridors of power one abuse too many, available at
https://www.mynewswatchtimesng.com/corridors-power-one-abusemany/.
[1] A. O. Obilade, Abuse of Legal Power in Nigerian Essays in
Jurisprudence, T. O Elias and M. I. Jegede (Eds.), 1993, Lagos, MIJ
Publishers Ltd, p. 17.
[2] N. O. Mimiko, Swimming against the Tide: Development Challenge for
the Long-Disadvantaged in a Fundamentally Skewed Global System
Inaugural Lecture Series 233, 2010, Ile-Ife Obafemi Awolowo
University Press Ltd.
[3] Slesser, Henry L. J., The Art of Judgment and other Studies, 1st Edition,
(1962), London, Steven and Sons, pp. 32-33.
[4] G. W. Crooke and T. Fitzgerald, Abuse of Power does nothing to
protect Us, available at http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-
03/fitzgerald-crooke-queensland/5230272.
[5] Moses Ebe Ochonu, Democracy and the Performance of Power:
Observations from Nigeria, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004, available at
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.4761563.0001.105;
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/textidx?
c=gefame;cc=gefame;q1=dlps;rgn=main;view=text;idno=4761563.0
001.105.
[6] B. Omoike, 2014, Corridors of power one abuse too many, available at
https://www.mynewswatchtimesng.com/corridors-power-one-abusemany/.
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power and its attendant trappings, abuse of legal power is nothing
new to most of us. Legal abuses of power abound in all fields of
human endeavour. Accounts of such abuses dominate the mass media
and for the average individual, no single day goes by without his
getting to hear about at least one such occurrence. This paper briefly
looks at the meaning of legal power, what legal abuse is all about, its
causes, and some of its manifestations in the society. Its
consequences will also be discussed and some suggestions for reform
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