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    COMPANY SECURITIES: LAW & PRACTICE
    (University of Lagos Press and Bookshop Ltd, 2005-02-10) Abugu, J. E.
    This ten (10) chapter book discusses the law of company securities in Nigeria. Its a first edition. It includes eight Appendices comprising draft specimen of public offer documents, the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as the Stock Exchange Rules and Listing Requirements. The book has been described as a creative legal analysis of the law and practice of the capital market in Nigeria; a compendium of securities laws for students and practitioners.
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    COMPANY SECURITIES: LAW & PRACTICE
    (MIJ Professional Publishers Limited, 2014-09-01) Abugu, J. E.
    This 17 Chapter book is the second edition of an earlier edition published in 2005, the stated object was to develop a compendium of securities law in Nigeria for students and practitioners of the subject and thereby provide some specialized instruction in this area. A lot has happened since that pioneer work. Notably, the Investment and Securities Act 1999 was reviewed barely two years after and was replaced with the Investment and Securities Act 2007. Secondly, the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission have continuously been revised and supplemented in reaction to innovations and developments in the securities market. Thirdly, a spate of fund raising from the capital market by State governments have also deepened the securities market and raised its consciousness politically and economically. Fourthly, the capital market crash of 2008 revealed several weaknesses in the regulatory framework of the securities markets, among others. This second edition is designed to further deepen available literature on securities law and strengthen the case for its inclusion in the course curricula of our Universities. Changes in the law since 2007 are brought up to date. The result is an enlarge work of seventeen chapters. New chapters dealing with Professional Due Diligence; Broker/Dealer regulations and regulation of capital market operators will no doubt be of great interest to students and practitioners.
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    FOUNDATIONS OF CORPORATE LAW
    (University of Lagos Press and Bookshop Ltd, 2011-03-27) Abugu, J. E.
    Foundations of Corporate Law’ is designed to provide a rich background on foundational company law issues. It addresses the basic rudiments of corporate personality, history of the corporate form, preliminary matters such as those of promoters and pre-incorporation contracts, company formation, constitutional matters deriving from the memorandum and articles of association, capital structure, membership and shareholding and the capacity of the company to enter into contracts and initiate or defend legal proceedings. Much of the work revolves around the provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) which is the extant legislation governing the formation, registration, operations, management, investigation, inspection and winding up of companies. The provisions of the Act are examined in the context of pre 1990 English and Nigerian case law on the one hand and subsequent cases decided thereon. Recourse is also made to current English cases on similar provisions under the UK Companies Act 1985 and 2006 by way of persuasive elucidation of key provisions of the CAMA. Its presentation is both doctrinal and analytical indicating valuable areas of law reform in the future.
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    THE MONSTER THEORY: SETTING THE BOUNDARIES OF CORPORATE FINANCIAL MALPRACTICE
    (University of Lagos Press and Bookshop Ltd, 2015-04-08) Abugu, J. E.
    This lecture is about companies and company securities. It addresses the challenges of investing in companies. It depicts to the audience, the monster in the corporate form of doing business. The monster, it asserts, is in the very nature of the corporate form, which is exacerbated by our legislators and law reformers who fail to give attention to detail and in not attending to the causes of corporate failures. Other aspects of the monster were attributed to the puppeteers who run corporate organizations – directors and managers and, of course, our human nature to constitute ourselves ‘monsters’ to everything around us in the quest for dominion and maximization of profits. The lecture conceives the modern corporation and its directors/managers as monsters created by the law that must be gagged, tamed and made amenable to the wealth-creating objectives of investors of capital. The central theme of this lecture is how directors and managers of companies have constituted themselves monsters for investors of capital. It shows how the law has grappled with these monsters, the shortcomings of the extant legal regime and suggestions to hold these monsters more responsible to investors and society.
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    PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE LAW IN NIGERIA
    (MIJ Professional Publishers Limited, 2014-09-01) Abugu, J. E.
    This 19 Chapter book builds on the foundational materials of an earlier book, Foundations of Corporate Law, first published in 2011. Like all foundations, it was designed to support a super structure. Principles of Corporate Law in Nigeria therefore represents a holistic effort to present the law and practice of corporate law in Nigeria, incorporating management issues with foundational matters. A conscious effort has been made to delineate the scope of Corporate law from Securities law. The author’s text – Company Securities: Law & Practice is designed to address securities law issues and to emphasize the distinct strand of securities law from the classical scope of company law. The book is designed to provide in-depth theoretical and practical insight of the subject to the law researcher either as a student or practitioner. To judicial officers, it offers a rich resource material expounding the subject and providing an analytical perspective from an academic. It is an effort to provide a composite exposition of Nigerian corporate law principles against the background of its rich English case law heritage and the Nigerian jurisprudence that have evolved over time. It should also address the need of comparative analysts as it offers an insight into the law in other jurisdictions where relevant. In appropriate cases, the work indicates areas of possible law reform in a context of convergence and globalization of corporate best practices.
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    A TREATISE ON THE APPLICATION OF ILO CONVENTIONS IN NIGERIA
    (University of Lagos Press and Bookshop Ltd, 2009-03-31) Abugu, J. E.
    The book presents a concise compilation of applicable ILO Conventions in Nigeria and a treatise of the legal regime defining the application of these international instruments by our local courts. The treatise addresses key issues in the application of ILO Conventions in Nigeria. These include the relationship between international treaties and domestic law; the existence of an international labor code; Nigeria’s bilateral and multilateral relations in international labour law; modalities of applying ILO conventions in the determination of workers’ rights; and the role of the courts in complying with international labour standards. It challenges trade unionists, labour lawyers and judges to adopt a proactive and resourceful approach in the interpretation and enforcement of employment and labour rights generally. Each of the current Conventions applicable in Nigeria are presented with an editorial which embodies official ILO interpretations of the aim and objectives of the Conventions.