As a result, the common law plays a major role in providing the applicable rules on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.[1] Like in many other common law jurisdictions, Nigerian courts recognize and enforce foreign judgments only if, in the eyes of Nigerian PIL, the foreign court had jurisdiction to render the judgment in question.[2] The recognized bases of jurisdiction are submission, residence and presence of the defendant within the foreign country.[3] This is also the… [read post]

Let's try to keep our eye on the larger issue -- that for five years, the Bush Administration has kept people imprisoned without a trial and without a reliable basis to believe that the vast majority of them are terrorists. [read post]