Daniel Anietie Jacksons

The Regulation of Electronic Evidence in Nigeria Daniel Anietie Jacksons

This book analysis the regulation of electronic evidence in Nigeria; it is a research work focused on highlighting the blackball of the proposition of electronic evidence as it relates to the Nigerian Law of Evidence; this book will also proffer some considerate ideas for rectification and propose new ideas, which will help to improve the practicability of Electronic Evidence in Nigeria. Hence, with the growing sophistication, globalization and use of information technology, the past decade has experienced a major growth in issues relating to the admissibility of electronically generated evidence; one of the current and emerging legal issues in disputes and combating crimes, which are relevant to electronic evidence is a judicial attitude towards the utility, relevance and admissibility of electronically generated evidence. The impulse of globalization and preference for the employment of digital evidence in criminal and civil proceedings is one of the rationales for this book. The author uses the E-library based analytical approach, in which both primary and secondary data are employed for fact finding.