IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

JOURNAL OF LAW AND GLOBAL POLICY (JLGP )

E-ISSN 2579-051X
P-ISSN 2695-2424
VOL. 8 NO. 1 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/jlgp.v8.no1.2023.pg91.97

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Contextualizing the Concept of Parental Responsibilities and Child Protection in a Legal Pluralistic Nigeria

Wilson Diriwari

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Abstract

It is undeniable that the idea of parental responsibility came from the English legal system. The concept's usefulness seems to be where its significance lies. The purpose of this essay is to examine the idea of parental responsibility in the context of Nigeria. This paper aims to investigate the feasibility of eliminating parental responsibility in Nigeria. Notwithstanding its practicality in providing legal guarantees for the protection of children, the Nigerian legal system's intricacy may lead to certain contextual paradoxes. Thus, in the framework of Nigeria's legal system, which is predicated on legal pluralism, this essay examines novel paradigms and possible anomalies.

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References:

Purvis D. The Origin of Parental Rights: Labor, Intent, and Fathers.
FloridaStateUniversityLawReview.2014;41(3):645.

Diriwari W.‘ Guaranteeing Child Fostering and Parental Rights in Nigeria: Law and Policy
Perspectives’. American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research. 2022;6(10):127-
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