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Olusegun DUROTOLU

ASSISTANT Professor
college of Law (COLaw)
Public and International Law Programme

A lecturer in the prestigious Bowen University, Iwo and recently promoted as an Assistant Professor of Law, a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Education
  • Ph.D Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State (2022)
  • M.Phil Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State (2017)
  • M.Sc., Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, NOUN (2015)
  • PG.D., Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, NOUN (2014)
  • LL.M., Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State (2001)
  • B.L., Nigeria Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos (1992)
  • LL.B., Hons. (Unilag) 1991
Research

Completed:

  • Durotolu O. Lecture Notes on Jurisprudence 
  • Durotolu O. Equity and Trusts Made Easy
  • Durotolu O. Democracy on Trial 

Research in Progress                        

  1. The Nigerian Courts on foreign participation in Business sector, the need for conformity with international best practices, Prof. O. Oladele, Olusegun, Durotolu 
  2. The Relevance and the Lessons of the Philosophy of Karl Mart to Nigerian Situation. 
  3. Chronicling the History of War and the Road Map to World Peace. 
  4. Mistake and the Principle of Non Est Factum.
  5. Charitable Trust in Furtherance of Religion and the Cypress Doctrine: A Revisit to the American Case of Estate of Faulkner  
  6. The Application of the Principle of Estoppel in Ghana; Closing Eyes to the Repugnancy Test in Activist Approach.
  7. The Application of the Principle of Estoppel in Nigeria: A Move to the Engagement Model. 
  8. The Approaches of the Courts as an Adjunct to the Rules of Interpretation.
  9. The Origin and Evolution of the Principle of Estoppel. 
  10. The Need to Invoke the Principle of Estoppel to Compel Executive Responsibilities.
  11. The Relevance of the Realist Philosophy of Law to Nigerian Situation. 

Dissertation and Thesis

  1. Comparative Study of Judicial Approaches to the Application of the Principle of Estoppel in Nigeria and Ghana Ph.D Dissertation, 2021
  2. The Jurisprudential Perspectives of the Expanding  Frontiers of the Principle of  Estoppel, M.Phil Thesis, 2017
  3. A Comparative Study of Democracy in Some Selected Countries as a Factor to Ensuring Peace, M.Sc. Thesis, 2014
  4. The Management of Electoral Crises in South-West Nigeria from 1959 – 1983, PGD Thesis, 2013
  5. Recent Trends in Information Technology and its Implications for International Banking Law: A Critical Analysis. LL.M Thesis, 2000

Through Publications, Peer Review of National and Foreign Journals on Topical Issues, Extensive Contributions have been made to the Crops of the Law of Medicine, Law of Evidence, Jurisprudence and Legal Theories, Arbitration Law and Law of Equity and Trusts. Most importantly, on Jurisprudence and Legal Theories, my article on The Relationship between Philosophy Jurisprudence and Law has enjoyed over 3,000 reads across the globe as reported in the survey carried out by the research gate. Also, in the law of contract, the paper i co-authored with Professor A. Adedeji, the Dean of Law in the Obafemi Awolowo University, on Inequality of Bargaining Power Between Artiste and Recoding Companies Enjoys the same patronage in Australia. In addition my paper which revealed the injustice to Nigeria as a Nation in the Popular Processes and Industrial Development Case where Punitive Damage was awarded against Nigeria by the English Court as been a major policy guide for Nigeria as a Nation in her quest for equity and justice on this matter, and the paper constitutes a landmark in the history of Arbitration Law in the Diaspora. These papers are published in foreign journals.       

Institutional Service
  • Staff Adviser, Law Students’ Society 
  • Staff Adviser, CLASFON 
  • Member, Agriculture for Peace Programme of the Bowen University  
Professional Service
  • Member, Nigerian Bar Association 
  • Member, International Bar Association 
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management 
  • Member, American Society of Public Administration 
  • Member, Nigerian |Association of Law Teachers (NALT)
  • Member, Osun State Board of Vocational and Technical Education, 2013-2015
  • Chairman, Ila Local Government, Osun State, 2008-2010
  • Member, Osun State Economic Planning Commission, 2009-2010
  • Member of Board of Directors Living Spring Savings & Loans Ltd., 2008-2010
  • Lecturing: Land Mark Associates (Professionals), 1997-2000
    32 Sabo, Yaba, Lagos State, 1996
  • Principal-in-Chamber, Olusegun Durotolu & Co Legal Practitioners, 1998
  • Chairman/CEO, Centre for Research on African Law & Philosophy, 1996-1998
    64 Freeman Street, Lagos Island                                                                    
  • Secretary/Legal Adviser Jefs Properties International Ltd. 8/10
    Broad Street, Lagos Isaland, 1994-1996
  • Associate s & Researcher, Tola Odubunmi & Co. Legal Practitioner
    136, Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island. 1993- 1994
  • Teaching: Ajagunle High School, Ila-Orangun, Osun State, 1983-1985
  • National President, Ila National Student Association, 1991-1992
  • Chairman Book Fair Committee, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, 1991 
Selected Publications

Books Already Published 

  1. Durotolu O. (1998) The Legal and Philosophical Aspect of Abortion and the Existence of Man in the Universe, Centre for Research on African Law and Philosophy, Lagos, Nigeria.
  2. Durotolu O. (1998) Feminists on the Terrain of Abortion: An Impossible Adventure,                     Centre for Research on African Law and Philosophy, Lagos, Nigeria 

Chapters in Books already Published 

  1. Durotolu, .O. (2022) The Rhetoric of Equality before the Law – A Myth or an Illusion, (ed.) M.O. Imasogie – Essays on Human Rights, A Publication of Department of Public International Law, College of Law, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State.). Pp. 467 – 490
  2. A. A. Adedeji, Durotolu O. (2020). Inequality of Bargaining Power between Artiste and Recording Company – The Case of Sunny Ade v. African Songs Limited revisited. Kunle O. Nigeria Intellectual Property Law (ed), Australia Catholic University. Pp. 1 – 17.

Articles that have appeared in learned journals:

  1. Durotolu, .O. (2022) The Application of the Principle of Estoppel to the Double Jeopardy Defense in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Nigeria, Journal of Contemporary Legal and Allied Issues, 2022, Part 1, ISSN: 0794-1048. Pp. 1 – 55.
  2. Durotolu, .O. (2022) Res Gestae and the Strict Contemporaneity Test: Beddingfield Laid to Rest: Journal on Contemporary Issues of Law, 2022, Volume 7 Issue 10. Pp.110 – 128.
  3. Durotolu, .O. (2022) Medico-Legal Issues in Organ Transplantation and the Appraisal of its Legal Regimes in Nigeria: Journal of Legal Studies and Research 2022, Volume 8 Issue 2. Pp. 154 – 199.
  4. Durotolu O. (2022) Judicial Onslaught on Some Common Law Traditionalist Ghosts Militating against the Principle of Estoppel, International Journal for Legal Research & Analysis (ISSN-2582-6433) Vol. 2 Issue 6, April 2022. Pp, 1-38.
  5. Durotolu O. (2022) The Application of Principle of Estoppel and the Ingenuity of the South Africa Courts, for publication in the Commonwealth Law Review Journal on 25th April, 2022.
  6. Durotolu, .O. (2021) The Effects of Military Rule on the Nigerian Legal System, Obafemi Awolowo University Law Journal (OAULJ), Volume 5, Issue 1, 2021, Pp. 250 – 261.
  7. Durotolu, .O. (2021) Some Legal Issues Involved in the Deregulation and Privatization of Nigeria’s Petroleum Downstream Sector: Climbing Akpotaire and Owasanoye’s Ladder. Obafemi Awolowo University Law Journal (OAULJ), Volume 5, Issue 1, 2021, Pp. 226 – 242.
  8. Durotolu, .O. (2021) The Relationship between Philosophy, Jurisprudence, and Law, 2021, Commonwealth Law Review Journal, Volume 7 ISSN 2581 3382, Pp. 405 – 451.
  9. Durotolu, O. (2021) Some Legal Issues Involved in International Arbitral Award in the Case of Process and Industrial Development Limited v. The Federal Republic of Nigeria.International Journal of Legal Developments and Allied Issues, Volume 7 Issue 5,Pp, 132-179
  10. Durotolu .O. (2020) Some Legal Routes to Pre-Empting Crisis of Confidence by Banker. Ife Journal of Private and Property Law, Obafemi AwolowoUniversity, Ile-Ife, IJJPC 2020, Part 1, January – June. Pp. 75 – 90
  11. Durotolu .O. (2020) Conditions and Warranties in the Nigerian Insurance Law. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, IJJPC 2020, Part 1, January – June. Pp. 135 – 148
  12. Durotolu .O. (2020) The Acquisitive Conservative Power of the Attorney – General of Nigeria. Journal of Contemporary, Legal and Allied Issues, Department of Jurisprudence and Private Law, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. 977 – 1002.
  13. Durotolu .O. (2020) Alienation of Rights of Occupancy and the Dilemma of the NigeriaCourts; IfeJournal of International and Comparative Law, IJICL, 2020). Pp, 67-80
  14. Durotolu .O. (2020) The Controversy within: Conflicting Judgments of the Supreme court of Nigerian on Admissibility of Unregistered Registrable Instrument: Global Publication House International Journal (2020 Int. JSS HR 3 (10). Pp. 15 – 52.
  15. Durotolu.O.(2020). Contractual Ouster of Courts’ Jurisdiction in Interactional Commercial Agreement; Asian Law and Public Policy Review2021, Volume 6 ISSN 2581 6551, Pp, 40 – 60; Ife Journal of InternationalComparative Law, Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Pp, 40 – 60