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- ItemEXPLORING CONSIDERABLE FACTORS TOWARDS CHOOSING A GOOD RESEARCHABLE LEGAL TOPIC(Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, Faculty of Law, Kwara State University, 2025-12-30) Ahmed Abiodun Muhammed-Mikaaeel; Shehu Kazeem Hassan; Kamaldeen O. SalmanChoosing a researchable topic is an inevitable point of call for any intending researcher. It is the foundation that dictates the trends throughout the study. However, the process of choosing a good researchable topic is herculean. This is because an intending researcher cannot afford to undergo certain systematic laid-down procedures. This has made most upcoming academic researchers run away from research activities. Against this backdrop, this paper examines the process of choosing a good researchable legal topic with sole reliance on the doctrinal method of legal research. The paper finds that a good research topic has certain characteristics such as being clear, straightforward, unambiguous and easily comprehensible; being tailored towards areas of interests and competencies of the researcher; not representing a moral, spiritual or esoteric situation etc. The paper finds further that factors for choosing a good researchable legal topic include FINE techniques and FRIENDS modes, amongst others. The paper reveals that generating ideas to choose a good researchable topic could be achieved vide attending viva, conferences, literature reviews, and brainstorming to mention but a few. The paper equally finds that certain tools could assist a researcher to achieve choosing a good researchable legal topic. These tools include selecting appropriate areas of research, replica study of the past related research, studying recommendations for future research etc. The paper finds also that the significance of choosing a good researchable legal topic is deeply rooted in its uniqueness and identity from the previous research in conformity with the rule against plagiarism. The paper finally finds that a good researchable legal topic is susceptible to changes, modifications and amendments depending on the developments and trends in the course of the research. The paper recommends constant and continuous engagement in research activities for the upcoming academic researchers to attain perfection.
- ItemPerception of North-Central Muslims on modern family planning practices: assessment of Shari'ah jurisprudence(Kampala International University, Uganda, 2025-12-23) Ahmed Abiodun Muhammed-Mikaaeel; Shehu Hassan Kazeem; Anifat Tosin Salaudeen; Anifat Opeyemi AbdulazeezIslamic world cannot close its eyes on the topically global family planning debates. That is, the practice of the modern family planning owing to the potential of maintaining family size within the family’s financial competence. Reports have come from various quarters alleging negative perceptions by the Northern Nigerian Muslim on the family planning practice. This study thus empirically assesses the perception of the Muslims in North-Central region of Nigeria on the modern family planning practices. The study adopts mixed methods of doctrinal and non-doctrinal to gather information which were analysed accordingly. The study finds that the Muslims in the North-Central region of Nigeria had positive perceptions of the modern family planning practices. The study however finds that there was abysmally low practice of the modern family planning in the region of the country. This suggests that there is practice of multitude procreation in this part of the country despite the unfriendly economic hardship being experienced. The study recommends strategic sensitization by the relevant stakeholders in the country.
- ItemLEGAL REGIME OF BIOSAFETY MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA(Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Department of Commercial and Property Law, 2026-03-31) Kudirat Abdulkareem; Ahmed A. Muhammed-Mikaaeel; Khadijat Kamaldeen Ibrahim-EletuBiosafety management in Nigeria is a critical aspect of ensuring the safe handling, transfer, and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and other biological materials that may pose risks to human health and the environment. The country has established a legal and institutional framework to regulate biosafety, primarily through the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), which was created by the National Biosafety Management Act of 2015 as amended. The method adopted is library-based research (Doctrinal Methodology) from Primary to secondary sources. This paper analyses the function of the agency in the implementation of biosafety policies, risk assessments, and compliance measures. The paper investigates whether Nigeria’s biosafety framework aligns with international agreements such as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which the country ratified to promote safe biotechnological advancements. The paper discusses topic issues involved, such as the merits and challenges of biotechnology (GMOs), the inadequacy of funding, limited technical expertise, and limited public concerns over GMOs. The paper recommended pragmatic strengthening of biosafety management to enhance stakeholder engagement and pave the way for access to correct global information, capacity-building programs, doing away with political corruption and ensuring stricter enforcement of biosafety regulations.
- ItemJustifying the permissibility of modern family planning for Muslim patients: A jurisprudential analysis(Faculty of Law, International University Sarajevo, 2025-12-30) Ahmed Abiodun Muhammed-Mikaaeel; Halimat Tope Akaje; Eletu Khairat; Hassan Shehu KazeemWrong misconception regarding permissibility of the modern contraception for Muslim patients is common in Muslim societies. This resulted into negative perception to the modern family planning practice by contraception. This is further aggravated by divergent opinions of scholars breeding controversy on this subject. This prompts this study to embark on the justification of the permissibility of the modern contraception for Muslim patients via jurisprudential analysis. The study adopts doctrinal method to analyse various provisions of the Qur’an and Sunnah as well as juristic opinion about contraception under Islamic law. The study asserts that the practice of family planning is age-long, pre-dating Islamic era. It contends that Islamic legislation does not condemn the contraceptive practices but modified it. The study finds that the issue of contraception split scholars of Islamic jurisprudence into two: the antagonists and the protagonists. The study finds that both sides of the antagonists and the protagonists relied on the provisions from the sources of law to strengthening their arguments. The study finds that the position of the protagonists of the contraceptive method of family planning is in line with the objectives of Islamic law. The study finds that there is justification for the permissibility of the modern contraception for Muslim patients in line with maqasid Shari‘ah. The study recommends that Muslim patients have the duty to ascertain which type of contraceptive method is safe and devoid of risk from the medical experts while exercising their rights to contraception.
- ItemX-RAYING THE RIGHTS OF AN UNBORN CHILD UNDER THE ENGLISH COMMON LAW: THE NIGERIA EXPERIENCE(Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, Faculty of Law, Kwara State University, 2025-12-30) Khairat Eletu; Ahmed Abiodun Muhammed-Mikaaeel; Halimat Tope AkajeMajor focus in the global discourse of rights have been on human rights. This presupposes the rights of persons who have been born alive. Little attention is paid to the rights of the unborn child under the common law jurisprudence. Hence, this paper is poised into making an enquiry into the rights of an unborn child under the English common law. In doing so, the study adopts the doctrinal method of legal research. The paper finds that there appears no consensus among scholars on when human life begins, while some opine that it is at birth, quickening is said to mark the beginning of life by some; the pro-life advocates opine that conception is the beginning of human life. The paper finds further that the underlying principle as regards the unborn child in Common law jurisdictions is the ‘born alive rule’ with an exception found in the American experience of the rule. The paper finds also that Nigerian constitutional provisions on the protection of human life vis-à-vis appropriate sanctions for violation are by extension applicable to an unborn child. The paper concludes that such rights can be overridden in the interest of the mother. The paper recommends legal jurisprudence expansion to harmonize various issues relating to the rights of an unborn child under the law.