CRASH COURSE ON LITERATURE: PART 5
March 24, 2025
About this book
This is a revision of an earlier monograph titled Impact of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 and the Police Act, 2020 on Confessions- a Restatement of the Preeminence of the Evidence Act, 2011.It is hornbook law that the position of the law can and do change where a statute is either repealed, abrogated or amended. The position of the law can and do also change according to the most nascent interpretation placed on statutory provisions by the Courts.
Book Content
PARADIGM SHIFT ON PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING CONFESSIONAL STATEMENTS – A REVISION OF IMPACT OF ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 2015 AND THE POLICE ACT, 2020 ON CONFESSIONS- A RESTATEMENT OF THE PREEMINENCE OF THE EVIDENCE ACT, 2011
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TITLE PAGE
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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Statutory And Judicial Definitions of Confession And Types of Confessional Statements
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Nature And Attributes of a Confessional Statement
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When is Confession Voluntary, Relevant And Admissible?
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Denial of Voluntariness of Confession and Mandatory Obligation For Trial-Within-Trial (what is, why, how and when?)
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Denial of Authorship of a Confessional Statement And Absence of Obligation for Trial-Within-Trial
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Confession Otherwise Relevant Not To Become Irrelevant Because of Promise of Secrecy[1], Deception or Otherwise
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The “Inconsistency Rule” And Confessional Statement
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Endorsement of a Confessional Statement By a Superior Police Officer
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Burden and Standard of Proof of Voluntariness of Confessions
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Provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 on Obtaining Confessional Statement
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Paradigm Shift in Latest Judicial Decisions on The Applicability of The Provisions of The Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 on Obtaining Confessional Statements.
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Implications or Effects of The judgments of the Supreme Court in FRN v Nnajiofor (supra) And FRN v Akaeze (supra)
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Implications of The Latest Judicial Decision on Procedure of Trial-Within-Trial
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Implications of The Latest Judicial Decision on Provisions of Administration of Criminal Justice Law of States on Obtaining Confessional Statement
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Implications of The Latest Judicial Decision on Provisions of Police Act, 2020[1] Relating to Confessional Statements
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Conclusion and Recommendations
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TABLE OF CASES