Ferdnand Osuagwu MD December 19, 2020 Since the development of a vaccine for Covid-19, reports indicate that many are worried and skeptical about its efficacy and motive behind the quick production. Based on recent surveys, there remains a section… Read More ›
Academic Journal
On Tyranny: Historical Perspectives and Threat of Anticipatory Obedience to U.S. Politics
Adeyemi Oshunrinade December 18, 2019 … Read More ›
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: CHOOSING AMONG FIVE TRADITIONS OF INQUIRY
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE February 23, 2016 Known as one of the most valued process of inquiry, qualitative research is multi-method in focus with both interpretive and naturalistic approach to its subject matter. As a tool in research design, qualitative research… Read More ›
RIGHT TO DIE: CONSTITUTIONALITY AND JURISPRUDENCE OF ASSISTED SUICIDE
Law and Medical Ethics– JLM-14-05-207 BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE. {E. JD} May 5, 2014 Outline Abstract Introduction Incompetent Patient Case History Patient With Capacity Tests for Competency Patients Without Decisional Capacity Conclusion Conflict of Interest References Abstract The aim is to… Read More ›
ORIGIN OF THE “BRAIN DEATH” PHENOMENON: DEFINING DEATH IN THE ERA OF SCHIAVO AND McMATH
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE January 13, 2014 With the recent case of Jahi McMath a 13-year-old, declared brain-dead by the Children Hospital & Research Center Oakland, defining death has become a more difficult phenomenon. The battle on whether life support be removed,… Read More ›
PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL: CAN YOU SUE OVER A PROMISE NOT FULFILLED?
BY ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE October 7, 2013 Section 90 of the Restatement of the law of Contracts states: “A promise which the promisor should reasonably expect to induce action or forbearance of a definite and substantial character on the part of… Read More ›
SELF DEFENSE: A SETTLED PRINCIPLE OF CRIMINAL LAW
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE No doubt we all have the reflexes of self-defense the moment we were born. It is innate and we react in self-defense when we feel the impulses or it is necessary to do so. If a fly lands… Read More ›
DRUNKARD IS EXCUSED: ALCOHOLISM AS A DEFENSE IN CRIMINAL LAW
Adeyemi Oshunrinade One of the issues in criminal law is whether one intoxicated and controlled by presence of alcohol in his system, should be deemed to have the required intent to commit the crime charged. Prior to the nineteenth century,… Read More ›
SLAYER RULE AND BARS TO INHERITANCE
ADEYEMI OSHUNRINADE March 10, 2012 One of the issues in law is whether one who kills and is responsible for death of the decedent, be allowed to inherit from his estate. In most jurisdictions of the United States, the slayer… Read More ›