Rising Legal Issues

The book "Rising Legal Issues" is a compendium of three legal articles. The first is titled; "The Attitude of Nigerian Judiciary to Environmental Law". This article talks about the legal issues emanating from the enforcement of environmental claims in Nigeria. It gives detailed analysis on the procedural challenges that the judiciary encounter that makes environmental damages difficult to claim. This paper addresses the role of the judiciary to put an end to this national plight. The role of the court in this area is highly proactive, as the judiciary is seen as the last hope of a common man on the street; whose farmland has been destroyed, who longer have access to a drinking water, who cannot send his child to school because his means of livelihood has been stunted, whose life span is short because he has no access to fresh food, and inhales organic chemicals emanating from oil companies. It is however a pity that this common man may not have access to justice due to lack of respect and value to the environment at large. The article talks about these challenges and the way forward. The second article is titled: "Admissibility of Electronic Evidence; Issues and Challenges". This article talks about electronic evidence, the admissibility of electronic evidence, practical issues and challenges. The world is changing at a rapid rate towards technology advancements. Technology has taken over the day to day activities of the world. Technically, nothing can be done with ease without the use of technology; internet transactions, POS transactions, cell phone conversations, video recordings and many more are involving today. Thus, the need of computer generated evidence is also pivotal to evident people's actions and inactions. These rising legal issues and challenges are critically addressed. The third article is titled: "Right to Protest, Public Order and Welfare: Any Nexus?". The article talks about the right to protest, the connection between the constitutional right to protest and the primary obligation of the government and the security agencies to maintain public order and welfare. Also it talks about whether the permit of the Governor of a State is required before any protest or rally.