Artificial Intelligence and Lawyer: The Fear of Change/Redundancy by Kingsley Akposheri
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and law is a subfield of artificial intelligence which is mainly concerned with the application of AI to the problems of legal informatics and original research on those problems. It is also concerned with contributing in the other direction: to export tools and techniques developed in the context of legal problems to AI in general. For instance, theories of legal decision making, especially models of argumentation, have contributed to knowledge representation and reasoning; models of social organisation based on norms have contributed to multi-agent systems; reasoning with legal cases has contributed to case-based reasoning, and the need to store and retrieve large amounts of textual data has resulted in contributions to conceptual information retrieval and intelligent databases.
Police conduct during the lockdown vis-a-vis their powers and mandate by Alfayo Ongeri Wycliffe
The outbreak of covid-19 has seen countries across the globe impose and deploy various measures in an attempt to reduce infections, flatten the curve and return to normalcy. The African continent and the East African Community have not been left out. So far Rwanda and Uganda are under a total lockdown with Rwanda being the first country in Africa to do so while Kenya has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew throughout the Kenyan territory
This Covid 19 Woman, was a Beacon of Hope By Dan Odhiambo
Wuhan, the rambling capital of Central China’s Hubei region, is a business community separated by the Yangtze and Han waterways. While the pronunciation of this city remains a debacle, its rays are forever embedded in the annals of history. Whilst history students are putting down pen on pad for future review, t
Justice Delivery in Nigeria in the Face of a Global Pandemic: Opinion – ‘Tobiloba Adekoya.
In light of the ongoing global pandemic (Covid-19) ravaging almost all countries of the world, legal proceedings in Nigeria and other countries of the world have been stalled. The Kenyan judiciary took the lead in innovative justice delivery in Africa when images of a Kenyan judge conducting court proceedings via an online platform surfaced. This approach has being maintained so far in the face of the pandemic. This innovative approach to justice delivery is to say the least revolutionary and worthy of commendation as it has opened a new vista in the realm of justice delivery.
April 2020 Edition
At The People’s Accolade Law Magazine (The PALM), we find pleasure in keeping you up to speed with developing trends in society.
In this edition, we bring to you our April Deluxe Edition with a focus on Intellectual Property and it features Africa’s cerebral Poet, ‘Tolu Akinyemi “Poetolu”.
Care for the Elderly in Nigeria- The Need for the Intervention of the Elder Law by Ogundele and Adeoye
Access to education and recent improvement in the medical field across the globe, has not only contributed to global development, but also improved human lifespan, Nigeria is no exception. Morbidity rate has been minimised
Franck Allessie: Africa’s Legal Millennial
Franck Allessie, a PhD thesis candidate at the University of Paris whose research focuses on the analysis of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreements and its geo-economic issues in the West and Central African sub-regions is indeed a notable personality to be mentioned.
For several years now, he has acquired, as a counsel to public persons (State, public institutions and local authorities), financial institutions, multinationals, large companies, NGOs, a rich and varied experience in the field of public-private partnerships (PPP), DSP, public procurement in the execution of contract…
Polluter Pays Principle; a Critical Analysis- Cynthia Bondi
Kenya has come a long way from Courts dismissing the late Wangari Maathai’s stance against the construction of the tallest skyscraper in the middle of Nairobi’s green space, Uhuru Park owing to her failure to prove locus standi. Article 70 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 eliminated the locus standi hurdle and enabled individuals to seek redress on environmental matters in the interest of public good.
The Absolute Nature of the Right to Legal Representation and Limitation of Human Right in the Context of Public Order (State Curfew) 2020- Maina Nyabuti
In a bid to fight the spread of the Corona Virus pandemic, Kenya’s president announced a curfew. The curfew was subsequently published in the Kenya gazette. Substantially, the curfew limits the movement of the people from 7pm to 5am. However, it exempts the essential services, personnel or workersfrom the curfew.
Cyber Security in the 21st Century, A Kenyan Perspective- Alphayo Ongeri Wycliffe
Cyber security is a contemporary concern within any organization and government that takes the security of its data and stakeholders seriously. Governments all over the world are concerned with creating an unpenetratable firewall to safeguard their data. The risk has increased significantly with the ever demanding adoption of technology in all sectors of the economic, social and political spheres of life.
