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LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE: A SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA'S CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ACT, 2000

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2001

Paul D. Ocheje
Paul D. Ocheje
Affiliation:
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Ontario
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Extract

This article is in two parts. The first part analyses, and largely applauds, the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, the latest in a series of enactments designed to curb corruption in Nigeria over the last thirty years. The second part looks at the social environment within which corruption operates. It points out that in the past the environment was such that anti-corruption measures were bound to fail, but it concludes, in optimistic vein, that the recent return to civilian rule has created a climate in which the new Act is likely to have an effect in the fight against corruption.

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Regular Article
Information
Journal of African Law , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , October 2001 , pp. 173 - 195
Copyright
© 2001 School of Oriental and African Studies

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