Statemanship on the bench
Subtitle: the judicial career of Sir Adetokunbo Ademola (CJN), 1939-1972
By: Akin Alao.
Contributors: Ademola, Adetokunbo, Sir, 1906-
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Subjects: Ademola, Adetokunbo, -- Sir, -- 1906-; Nigeria. -- Supreme Court; Judges -- Nigeria -- Biography; Statesmen -- Nigeria -- Biography; Separation of powers -- Nigeria; Judicial process -- Nigeria
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : concepts and theories in the judicial process; title: Colonial experience, 1939-1954; title: Development of a judicial attitude, 1946-1954; title: Law, justice, and politics in the Western Region, 1954-1958; title: The Supreme Court and parliamentary democracy, 1958-1966; title: The Republican Constitution of 1963 and judicial independence; title: Limits of judicial review of executive action under military rule, 1966-; title: The jurisprudence of Sir Adetokunbo Ademola, 1939-1972.