Directory of Scholars

ADENIYI OLATUNBOSUN

LL.B,LL.M,M.PHIL,PH.D,BL.
VICE DEAN AND HEAD,JURISPRUDENCE AND PRIVATE LAW

email tunbosuniyi@yahoo.com

Primary Research Interests

  • Criminal law & the environment
  • Energy law
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Human rights & the environment
  • International environmental law
  • Municipal & land use planning
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Private law (nuisance, negligence etc)

Secondary Research Interests

  • Agricultural law (including soils)
  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Cultural heritage law
  • Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Environmental politics
  • Indigenous peoples & the environment
  • Pollution & toxics control
  • Trade law & the environment

Selected Publications

  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2001): “Safety of Oil & Gas Workers in Nigeria –Fiction or Reality” in Modern Practice Journal of Finance & Investment Law Vol. 5 No. 1 (Learned Publishments) pp. 72 – 82. NIGERIA.
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2000/2001): An Insight on the Nigerian NationalPetroleum Corporation in University of Benin Law Journal Vol.6, No. 1, pp. 114-125NIGERIA.
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2009): Exploring Forest Reserve Resources and the Impact of Environmental Challenges – The Role of Penal Law and Policy in Nigeria in The Calabar Law Journal, Vol. XII & XIII, 2008 & 2009, pp. 44-81. NIGERIA.
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2010): The Need for a Legal Regime for Sustainable Forest Management in Nigeria in IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, Faculty of Law University of Ottawa Canada, pp.1-9. CANADA
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2001/02): “An Overview of Criminal Liability in Environmental Pollution” being Chapter 4 in Democracy and Sustainable Development in Nigeria published by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), pp. 45 – 64. NIGERIA
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2009): An Overview of Criminal Liability in Environmental Pollution in Environmental Crimes: Corporate Liability Icfai University Press www.amicus.iupindia.org./Els_Enviro. INDIA
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. & Olaseeni, O.A. (2011): Legal Challenges of Water Pollution and the Quest for Sustainable Development in Nigeria in Proceedings of International Conference on Science and Sustainable Development, Vol.1, No. 9, Porto Novo, Republic of Benin, pp. 37-49..
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2010): Conservation of rainwater for sustainable use in Nigeria:legal and policy strategies at International Conference on Scientific, Cultural Innovations and Sustainable Development Conference Room, Miklin Hotel, East Legon, Accra , Ghana from April 24-25, 2013
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2012): Criminalising human factors causing Flooding and Its Implications on Displaced Women in Southwest Nigeria, presented at International Conference on Climate Change in Japan 5th September 2012.
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2012): Protected Forests and Access to Customary Usage Rights of Forests in Nigeria at 11th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium , Faculty of Law, University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand June 24-26 2013.
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. (2013): State of water supply and gender concerns for water transition in Nigeria for presentation at Global Water and Gender Conference, International Conference Centre, East London, South Africa 19-21 February 2014.
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. Adeleke,M.O Ayorinde O.A (2012): Legal Framework for exploring solid minerals for economic growth presented at NALT Conference, 18-22 June 2012 now accepted for publication in Canadian Social Science, Vol.9 No.4, August 31, 2013 (CSS-V9N4-2544)
  • Olatunbosun, A.I. Legal and Policy Schemes for the Protection of Threatened Tropical Forests in Africa submitted to Forestry Journal of East- African University