E- Path To Effective Justice Delivery: The Nigerian Courts In Perspective
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2016-04-30
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Covenant University Press
Abstract
The need to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the judicial system
in Nigeria has necessitated the use of modern information and
communication technology (ICT). The conventional method of justice
delivery in Nigeria is marred with avoidable delays in the dispensation of
justice and lack of transparency.
However, the constraints of conventional methodsof judicial system in
Nigeria can only be solved by embracing the electronic justice system.
Hence, ICTshould be employed in conducting most of the activities in
Nigerian Courts, considering its successful adoption and use in some other
jurisdictions.
This article therefore, aims at examining in extensio a way out from the
conventional methods of justice delivery in the area of e-filing of court
processes e.g. originating processes, Motions, addresses, briefs and other
processes; e-recording of court proceedings; e-archives (to facilitate
retrieval of judgments, rulings, etc); and e-probateetc.
In doing so, the paper will focus on towing the path of electronic ways in
enhancing effective justice delivery in the Nigerian Courts as an antidote to
the delays being experienced in the service delivery associated with the
conventional method. To achieve this, reliance has been placed on
secondary source, emanating from books, case laws, articles in learned
journals, conference papers and other relevant materials.
This paperwill enlighten Lawyers, Judges, Litigants and other
stakeholders in the justice sector on the need to embrace E-justice delivery
with the resultant effect of enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of
the judiciary as an arm of the government in Nigeria.
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Issues and Concepts of E governance in Nigeria: A Reader