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Understanding Judicial Lawmaking by makaliza2005 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses the issue of judicial law making through two chapters. [CHAPTER ONE] outlines two views on whether judges make law - those who believe they do not and simply interpret existing laws, and those who believe judges do make law in certain circumstances. It provides examples from court cases supporting the latter view that judges make law interstitially when gaps exist. [CHAPTER TWO] discusses the Nigerian Supreme Court case of Peter Obi vs INEC, where the Court had to interpret the consti

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