Empirical Legal Research Questionnaire on Access to Nigerian Law for a Law-Reform and Policy-Relevant Academic Legal Research
Introduction to the Questionnaire and the Research
Hello, Distinguished Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Learned Seniors, and Learned Colleagues!
I am requesting your kind assistance to complete this online questionnaire, which is for Nigerian Lawyers (that is, persons who have been called to the Nigerian Bar as Barristers and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Nigeria) only, please. I am a Nigerian Lawyer who was called to the Nigerian Bar three decades ago.
The questionnaire is the instrument for an empirical law-reform and policy-relevant academic legal research on access to all categories of Nigerian law, including legislation (statute law), case law (court decisions or judgments), and indigenous customary law. The research aims to contribute to the modernisation of the Nigerian legal system, especially the human-rights issue of access to laws, which will benefit all Nigerian lawyers and citizens.
The questionnaire is anonymous (you are not required to provide your name) because only honest answers are necessary, so your identity is not disclosed.
This online questionnaire has been designed to make it possible to reach Nigerian lawyers all over Nigeria, for the best possible nationwide coverage.
It takes just few minutes to complete the questionnaire on your mobile phone, tablet, laptop, or any device you are using.
Please, contribute to the promotion of the human right of all Nigerians to know the laws that regulate their conduct and activities, modernisation of the Nigerian legal system, and the development of Nigerian law by completing this questionnaire.
Thank you so much for your precious time.
Dr. Leesi Ebenezer Mitee
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Human Rights Law, Legal Informatics (the application of information technology to legal processes and legal information systems), Indigenous Customary Law, and Indigenous Rights. Dr. Mitee is the global pioneer advocate of the universal recognition of the right of free access to public legal information as a substantive human right. He is a former legal research national consultant to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the 1998 PCASED project that provided the juridical foundations for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Declaration of a Moratorium on the Importation, Exportation and Manufacture of Light Weapons in West Africa (31 October 1998). The Moratorium culminated in the ECOWAS Convention [Treaty] on Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition and other Related Matters 2006.
Guide to the Online Survey Questionnaire for Nigerian Lawyers Only
1. At the bottom of the Questionnaire, you’ll see the SUBMIT BUTTON. Tap or click on the button to submit the Questionnaire.
2. Wait for the confirmation message to show that you successfully submitted the Questionnaire.
3. If your submission was not successful, you’ll see a message to that effect. Do what the message asks you to do (e.g. you didn’t answer a required Question), then tap or click the SUBMIT BUTTON again and wait for the confirmation message.
The Questionnaire on Access to Nigerian Law
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Thank you so much for sparing your precious time to fill out and submit my Questionnaire. Best Wishes!
Contact
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The Human Right of Free Access to Public Legal Information Advocacy (HURAPLA) promotes the right of free access to all categories of law and law-related public legal information globally, which include the following: primary legislation (statute law or statutory law); secondary legislation (subsidiary legislation, subsidiary instruments, delegated legislation), administrative memoranda, and executive orders; decisions and judgments of all levels of courts and tribunals from all the tiers of government (local, state or regional, and federal or national); legislative bills, resolutions, and other public documents directly related to the law-making function of the legislature; value-added publications that aid understanding and navigation of laws, e.g. annotations, summaries, indexes, and digests; decisions and judgments of regional and international courts; regional and international legal instruments (treaties, conventions, protocols, resolutions, declarations, etc.); and the comments, reports, and other documents on matters relating to regional and international legal instruments. HURAPLA website also contains the Global Human Right of Free Access to Law Discussion Group for Citizen Legal Education and the Professional Legal Network and the International Legal Directory of Lawyers, Law Firms, and Law Lecturers (Legal Academics, Law Teachers, and Law Professors).
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