LEGAL APPRAISAL OF MEDIATION IN OIL POLLUTION DISPUTES BETWEEN HOST COMMUNITIES AND COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
Abstract Every civilized nation requires a system of justice in which aggrieved parties can obtain redress through the legal enforcement of their rights. Traditionally, litigation has served this purpose. This historical bias towards litigation is now giving way to consensual processes, principally mediation, as the first recourse in the settlement of these disputes. In the […]