Browsing by Author "Bamgbose, O. A"

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Inhibiting Nigerian cultural heritage crimes through penal laws
(2014-12) Adewumi, A. A.; Bamgbose, O. A
From time immemorial, crimes against cultural heritage have always been frowned at and anyone who decides to sell these ‘sacred objects’ will be jeered at. Only the so called ‘outcasts’ in the family or community dared to dabble into the illegal sale of cultural objects. Over the years, trade in cultural objects has become lucrative. Attempts have been made in the Nigerian laws to ensure that items of our cultural heritage do not leave the shores of the country illegally by penalizing certain behaviors in relation to cultural objects. This article takes a cursory look at the impact of heritage crimes nationally and globally and considers if the legislation in Nigeria has been able to adequately put the situation under control thereby achieving the aims of sentencing.
Legal consequences of bush burning and forest fires in Oyo, Osun, Ogun and Ondo States: The criminal and civil consequences
(Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, 1996-01) Bamgbose, O. A
This paper examines existing Laws, By-Laws and Regulations guiding bush burning and forest fires in Oyo, Osun , Ogun , and Ondo States of Nigeria and highlights the legal consequences from the criminal and civil perspectives of breaching the law . Every year, properties worth millions of Naira are destroyed in these states as a result of fire incident caused by farmers , hunters and nomads who use fire for land clearing , killing of animals or growth of foliage for animals respectively. Bush burning has been particularly recognized as a precarious agent of accidental fire outbreaks. Though bush burning is an acceptable customary practice , effort should be made to introduce new improved and more productive methods of farm clearing and hunting methods to people in these States
Prospect for the reforms of the Nigerian law of sedition
(Current Law Publications, Lagos, 1993) Bamgbose, O. A
Sexual offences and the law in Nigeria: an injustice to the female adolescent
(1994-07) Bamgbose, O. A
In recent times, cases of sexual assaults on female adolescent girls is growing in prominence .This constitute a serious jeopardy to the adolescent girl in Nigeria . Under the Nigerian Laws, sexual offenses are extensively dealt with . The question however is the fairness of the law to the victim – the adolescent girl . This paper examines the law on some sexual offenses, the process of investigation and prosecution. These issues would be critically examined vis a vis the effect and fairness of the adolescent girl .Finally recommendation would be made on how the law can bring justice to the adolescent girl
The theories, laws and practice of juvenile/child justice system in Nigeria
(Safari Books Ltd , Ibadan, 2016) Bamgbose, O. A
This chapter in this book seeks to exermine the different theories and causes of juvenile deliquency, with the aim of enhancing legal education for both the teacher and the students, towards building a better oriented society for the child and the adult on the short term and a crime free society on the long term