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Advances in Public Law and Policy
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ISSN : -     EISSN : 31249442     DOI : https://doi.org/10.35912/aiplap
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Preserving the Sanctity of Lawmaking in Nigeria: National Assembly and Judiciary Roles in Democratic Governance Muhammad Auwal Sule
Advances in Public Law and Policy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2027): January
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35912/aiplap.v2.n1.p1-15.2027

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Purpose: This study examines how the sanctity of the law-making process in Nigeria can be preserved through the constitutional responsibilities of the National Assembly and the complementary constitutional role of the judiciary, with particular attention to the relationship between legislative autonomy and judicial review. Methodology: The study adopts a qualitative documentary research design, relying on the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, National Assembly Standing Orders and legislative process documents, Nigerian judicial authorities and comparative constitutional materials, supported by comparative analysis of the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa and Kenya. Results: The findings show that the Nigerian Constitution vests federal legislative power in the National Assembly while simultaneously subjecting that power to constitutional limitations and judicial jurisdiction, so that the legislative process possesses both political and legal dimensions, and that hurried procedures, weak stakeholder consultation, insufficient scrutiny and constitutional overreach can weaken public confidence in legislation. Conclusions: The sanctity of lawmaking is best preserved through a shared constitutional responsibility in which the National Assembly strengthens procedural discipline and public participation while the judiciary exercises principled review that protects constitutional supremacy without displacing legitimate legislative policy choices. Limitations: The documentary design does not incorporate primary interviews with legislators, judges or legislative drafters. Contributions: The study proposes concrete pre-enactment scrutiny, transparency and judicial-restraint mechanisms that can strengthen the legality, legitimacy and durability of Nigerian legislation.
Xenophobic Violence Against African Migrants in South Africa: Social Responses, Diplomatic Tensions and Security Implications Adams Adah Otakwu
Advances in Public Law and Policy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2027): January
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35912/aiplap.v2.n1.p17-31.2027

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Purpose: This study examines the drivers of xenophobic violence against African migrants in South Africa, the social responses to such violence, the diplomatic tensions it generates, and its implications for African security. Research Methodology: The study adopts a qualitative documentary research design and thematic analysis of evidence from South African government institutions, the African Union, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Afrobarometer, and peer-reviewed literature published mainly between 2021 and 2026, interpreted through Relative Deprivation Theory, Social Identity Theory, and Human Security Theory. Results: Xenophobic violence is driven by unemployment, informal-economy competition, crime narratives, pressure on public services, political mobilization, and weak migration governance rather than any single cause, while social responses ranging from community resistance to civil society advocacy and diplomatic intervention show that South African society is divided rather than uniformly hostile toward migrants. Conclusions: Xenophobia should be treated as a social cohesion, migration governance, human security, and diplomatic problem, requiring state accountability, evidence-based communication, and African institutional cooperation rather than episodic condemnation after attacks occur. Limitations: Reliance on secondary documentary sources restricts causal verification and field-level testing. Contributions: This study extends the migration-security nexus and human security perspectives by introducing xenophobia spillover, explaining how domestic anti-migrant violence in South Africa can generate diplomatic tensions and broader African security implications.
Cross-Border Counter-Terrorism and Refugee Protection in Nigeria: Social Policy, Regional Cooperation and Human Security Adams Adah Otakwu
Advances in Public Law and Policy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2027): January
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35912/aiplap.v2.n1.p49-62.2027

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Purpose: This study examines the relationship between cross-border counter-terrorism and refugee protection in Nigeria, with particular attention to social policy, regional cooperation and human security within the Lake Chad Basin. Research Methodology: The study adopts a qualitative documentary research design and applies thematic analysis to international and African legal instruments, official statistics, policy documents and scholarly literature published mainly between 2021 and 2026, guided by Human Security Theory and Securitisation Theory. Results: The findings show that Nigeria’s location within the Lake Chad Basin exposes it to complex movements of refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees and persons associated with transnational criminal and terrorist networks, while the country continues to host substantial refugee populations and to develop registration, status determination and social inclusion mechanisms. Conclusions: Border security and refugee protection are not inherently contradictory and can become mutually reinforcing when supported by risk-based screening, lawful asylum procedures, intelligence cooperation, interoperable identity systems and regional burden-sharing. Limitations: The analysis relies on secondary documentary and statistical sources rather than field-based data from border communities, security officers or refugee populations themselves. Contributions: The study contributes an integrated institutional framework linking counter-terrorism, refugee protection and social policy that treats displaced populations as subjects of protection rather than as inherent security threats.
The Malabo Protocol and Africa's Regional Corporate Accountability Framework: Legal Prospects and Barriers to Prosecuting Transnational Environmental Crimes Muhammad Auwal Sule
Advances in Public Law and Policy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2027): January
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35912/aiplap.v2.n1.p33-47.2027

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Purpose: This article examines the prospects and legal barriers to using the Malabo Protocol as a regional mechanism for prosecuting corporate transnational environmental crimes in Africa. Research Methodology: The study applies a qualitative doctrinal and documentary research design, examining African Union legal instruments, African human rights jurisprudence, comparative European criminal law developments, and peer reviewed legal scholarship published mainly between 2021 and 2026, analyzed thematically around jurisdiction, corporate attribution, environmental offenses, evidence, cross border cooperation, and remedies. Results: The findings show that Article 46C of the Malabo Protocol represents a significant innovation because it extends criminal jurisdiction to legal persons and permits corporate intention and knowledge to be established through organizational rather than purely individualized proof. However, the Protocol's effectiveness remains constrained by non operational status, limited ratification, the absence of an express ecocide offense, unresolved parent subsidiary attribution questions, and weak cross border investigative cooperation. Conclusions: A functioning regional corporate accountability framework requires ratification, domestic implementation, clearer environmental crime definitions, specialized investigative cooperation, and stronger victim remedy mechanisms operating alongside existing human rights jurisprudence. Limitations: The analysis relies on doctrinal and documentary sources rather than empirical enforcement data. Contributions: The article extends corporate organizational responsibility theory and environmental justice scholarship into an underexamined African regional criminal law context and proposes an integrated operational model connecting national and regional accountability institutions.
Social Assistance Management and Characteristics on Beneficiary Welfare: Path Analysis Evidence from Kamoro Fransina Ema Wesareak; Yundy Hafizrianda; Mesak Iek
Advances in Public Law and Policy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2027): January
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35912/aiplap.v2.n1.p63-74.2027

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Purpose: This study analyzes the influence of social assistance management and social assistance characteristics on beneficiary welfare, partially and simultaneously, in Kamoro Jaya Village, Mimika Regency. Research Methodology: A quantitative design employed path analysis with forty purposively sampled respondents, all active Program Keluarga Harapan beneficiaries. A five point Likert questionnaire measured three constructs, namely management, characteristics, and welfare. Validity was confirmed using Pearson product moment correlation, and classical assumption tests were satisfied. Path analysis was conducted in two structural sub models, and the Sobel Test assessed the indirect mediated effect. Results: Sub model one confirms that management significantly and positively influences characteristics. Sub model two confirms that Social Assistance Management has no significant direct effect on Beneficiary Welfare, while Social Assistance Characteristics exerts a very strong and significant direct effect. The Sobel Test confirms full mediation, with Social Assistance Characteristics functioning as the exclusive mediator through which management affects welfare. Conclusions: Social Assistance Characteristics, operationalized as targeting accuracy, timeliness, and aid adequacy, represents the single most dominant determinant of beneficiary welfare.Limitations: The study was limited to one village with forty respondents, a cross sectional design, and a single assistance program. Contributions: This study provides the first quantitative path analysis evidence of this mediation pathway in Mimika Regency, with implications for targeting systems, disbursement scheduling, and aid calibration.

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