The law and practice on disaster Issues / Edited by Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bamgbose, Oluyemisi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disasters--Law and legislation.

Disasters.

Disasters--Law and legislation--Nigeria.

Disaster relief--Law and legislation.

Disaster relief.

Disaster relief--Law and legislation--Nigeria.

Emergency management--Law and legislation.

Emergency management.

Emergency management--Law and legislation--Nigeria.

Nigeria.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxi, 444 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ibadan : Safari Books, 2018.

Summary:

"The Law and Practice on Disaster Issues is the first and major publication in Nigeria to present legal materials from diverse fields of Law in a single value on disaster issues. The contributors are from universities in Nigeria, the UK and South Africa. The book contains fourteen chapters covering areas such as Disaster and International Law and law in Nigeria; Rights of Children in Disaster Management; Protecting Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights; Dealing with Corporate Failures in Times of Economic Crisis; Disability and Disaster Management; The Tort of Cattle Trespass in Nigeria; Averting a Looming Disaster; and Resettlement in Disaster Affected Areas" --publisher's description.

Contents:

1. An outline of natural and man-made disasters / Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose

2. Human right-based approach to disaster risk management / Deborah D. Adeyemo

3. International law an disaster management / Idiat F. Akande

4. Individual and corporate liability for disasters caused by criminal negligence / Akeem O. Bello

5. Disability, disaster management and the law in Nigeria / Bukola R. Akinbola

6. Disaster and its management in Nigeria : the place for tort law / Nwudego N. Chinwuba

7. Examining the law on family resettlement in disaster affected areas from matrimonial stability perspective / Roseline O. Ehiemua

8. Rights on children in disaster management / Omolade O. Olomola

9. Environmental law and disaster management : an examination / Amari C. Omaka and Caroline U. Agom

10. The tort of cattle trespass in Nigeria : averting a looming disaster / Gloria D. Shajobi-Ibikunle

11. Disaster mitigation in international humanitarian law / Elijah O. Okebukola

12. Connecting the dots : climate change, disaster and social security under the African regional human rights system / Ademola O. Jegede and Untalimile C. Mokeona

13. Protecting reproductive and sexual health rights through law during disaster / Folake M. Tafita

14. Dealing with corporate failure in times of economic crisis : a rescue oriented approach / Damilola O. Odetola

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789785544824

9785544826

OCLC:

1038707169

Publisher Number:

99982396573