ESQ Legal Practice Magazine JUNE 2014 EDITION | Page 51

NIGERIA: SOVEREIGN
IMMUNITY AND THE
TRIALS OF AUGUSTO
PINOCHET
1] INTRODUCTION
International law is the most recent addition in the line of established legal logics and jurisprudence. The
reason for this is not farfetched. Nations have always determined their laws individually based on the peculiar
situations which may arise from their cultures, experiences and interventions, which inevitably differ from
country to country. Even within a Nation, there is always a constant clamour for laws that can accommodate all
components of that Nation; an example is the constant clamour for constitutional amendment or national
conference on governance in Nigeria. It is certainly now the time for us to begin to draw greater attention to the
realm of International law as the world becomes increasingly globalised with the amazing developments in the
field of information technology.
Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN
Principal Partner, B. Ayorinde & Co

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