dc.contributor.author | Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-09T09:25:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-09T09:25:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mujuzi, J. D. (2019). Private prosecution in Nigeria under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. Journal of African Law, 63 (2) , 225-250. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855319000184 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1464-3731 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/8568 | |
dc.description.abstract | Private prosecutions have been part of the Nigerian legal system for a long time. In
2015, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) came into force. The ACJA
provides for, inter alia, circumstances in which a person may institute a private prosecution. In this article, relying on jurisprudence emanating from Nigerian courts
before the ACJA came into force, the author suggests ways in which Nigerian courts
could approach the right to institute a private prosecution under the act. To achieve
this objective, the author discusses: the right to institute a private prosecution; locus
standi to institute a private prosecution; and measures to prevent abuse of the right
to institute a private prosecution. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en_US |
dc.subject | Private prosecution | en_US |
dc.subject | Constitution | en_US |
dc.subject | Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 | en_US |
dc.subject | Violence | en_US |
dc.subject | Nigeria | en_US |
dc.title | Private prosecution in Nigeria under the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |