
The Principle of Force Majeure in Contract Law: Nigerian and Comparative Perspectives
Contract law is built on the principle of pacta sunt servanda, agreements must be kept.
September 3, 2025
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Contract law is built on the principle of pacta sunt servanda, agreements must be kept.
September 3, 2025
Contract law is built on the principle of pacta sunt servanda, agreements must be kept.
The principle of reasonableness, famously articulated in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223.
A negative declaration is a judicial pronouncement that a right, power, or legal status does not exist.
The principle of negative and affirmative declarations occupies an important position in jurisprudence and judicial remedies.
Jurisdiction is the life wire of every case.
In constitutional law, one of the most intriguing questions is the status of judicial decisions within the hierarchy of laws.
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