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- ItemOpen AccessBody-Type Theories and Crime Causation: A Crimino-Legal Discourse of the Offences of Robbery, Stealing and Obtaining Credit by Fraud in Nigeria(Department of Public Law and Department of Jurisprudence and International Law., 2017) Akingbehin, E.OThis paper is an appraisal of the contributions of the various schools in the development of criminological thoughts. It also entails an examination of the postulations of two body type theorists and evaluates the relevance of the theories to the selected offences of robbery, stealing and obtaining credit by fraud.
- ItemOpen AccessCapitalization of Offences in Nigeria: An Appraisal of the International Law Restrictions. Published in Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence(Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, 2017) Akingbehin, E.OThe paper delved on the appraisal of the various international law restrictions placed on the retentionist countries in the imposition of death sentences on capital offenders. The author appraised restrictions like non-expansion of the scope of capital punishment, non-use of retroactive legislations for capital punishment and restraint from imposing death penalty on certain vulnerable capital offenders.
- ItemOpen AccessCombating Election Malpractices and Promoting Democratization in Nigeria: The Role of the Police(British Journal Publishing, Inc., 2012-08) Akingbehin, E.OThe paper entails the analysis of the typology of electoral malpractices in Nigeria. It also critically appraises the role of the police in combating electoral malpractices, thereby exposing the instances of police condemnable attitudes, through a line of decided cases.
- ItemOpen AccessCombating the Menace of Armed Robbery in Nigeria: Legal and Criminological Perspectives(College of Law, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Nigeria., 2019) Akingbehin, E.OThe paper delved on the appraisal of the typology of the armed robbery offence. It also entails the analysis of the pattern, trend and distribution of the offence in Lagos State together with the aetiology of armed robbery offence.
- ItemOpen AccessCriminal Jurisdiction of Magistrate Courts on Tax Matters in Lagos State: A Pragmatic Approach. Published in Journal of Commercial and Property Law(Department of Commercial and Property Law, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria., 2017-06) Akingbehin, E.OThis paper identified the pedestal upon which the criminal jurisdiction of a magistrate is predicated. It also embarks on the prosecutorial power, service of proceedings as it relates to tax matters with the evaluation of the efficacy or otherwise of the available penal sanctions in the personal income Tax Act
- ItemOpen AccessExemption of the Vulnerables from Capital Punishment in Nigeria: Expanding the Frontiers(British Journal Publishing, Inc., 2012-07) Akingbehin, E.OThe Article discusses the range of exemptions of the vulnerables from capital punishment under the Nigerian Law as it applies to the juveniles, pregnant women and the insane persons. It also delves on a comparative overview through the statutes and case law.
- ItemOpen AccessThe Impact of Public Opinion on the Abolition of Capital Punishment in Nigeria: Lessons from Global Perspectives(Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Port Harcourt, 2020) Akingbehin, E.OThe paper aimed at putting up a critical appraisal of the impact of public opinion on the abolition or retention of capital punishment globally. The paper also evaluates the penological underpinnings for the retention of capital punishment and examines the impact of public opinion on death penalty in Nigeria
- ItemOpen AccessThe Impact of Public Opinion on the Abolition of Capital Punishment in Nigeria: Lessons from Global Perspectives(Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Port Harcourt, 2020) Akingbehin, E.OThe paper aimed at putting up a critical appraisal of the impact of public opinion on the abolition or retention of capital punishment globally. The paper also evaluates the penological underpinnings for the retention of capital punishment and examines the impact of public opinion on death penalty in Nigeria
- ItemOpen AccessImprisonment As A Penal Policy: Quest For The Deinstitutionalization of Nigeria’s Penal System(Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria., 2019) Akingbehin, E.OThe article is a critical evaluation of the efficacy of imprisonment as a penal policy in Nigeria. The author appraised the penological underpinnings of imprisonment together with the challenges plaguing the efficacy of the penal measure.
- ItemOpen AccessInternational Law Approach to Modern Methods of Executing Condemned Prisoners: Elixir to Painful Killings?(David Publishing Company, 2017-01) Akingbehin, E.OThis article is a critical analysis of the modern methods of electrocution, gas chamber and lethal injection. The author also appraised the history, practice and challenges of each of these methods.
- ItemOpen AccessThe Justiciability of Right to Free Basic Education Conundrum in Nigeria, South Africa and India: From Obstacle to Miracle(Universitas Danubius Galatiensis, 2021) Akingbehin, E.OThe paper examined the legal framework for the right to basic education in Nigeria, appraising the applicable domestic, regional and international instruments. The paper also applauded the recent breakthroughs recorded by Nigeria through judicial interventions, thereby drawing comparative lessons from South Africa and India.
- ItemOpen AccessObservance of Due Process Rights in Capital Offence Trials: Assessing Nigeria Through the Lens of International Instruments.(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2021-06) Akingbehin, E.OThe paper delved on the analysis of extent of compliance by the various stakeholders, in the criminal justice system, with the international due process requirements, in the processing of a capital offender at the trial stage. The paper also appraised a capital offender’s rights to fair hearing, trial within a reasonable time in the public, right to presumption of innocence, adequate time and facility to prepare defence and the right to mandatory legal representation.