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  1. Jungle justice, human rights violations and institutions: The nexus

    In this essay, I inquire into the illegality of jungle justice by enunciating various statutory and judicial instruments that stands against it by giving a detailed account of the nexus between this vile practice and human rights and subsequently enunciate the causes and possible recommendations to this menace. ... Jungle justice is also ...

  2. When the mob rules: jungle justice in Africa

    When the mob rules: jungle justice in Africa. Nneka Luke 07/26/2016. Jungle justice is rampant across sub-saharan Africa. Every day at least one person on the continent faces torture or even death ...

  3. (Pdf) the Paradox of Jungle Justice As Retributive Punishment in

    The incidence of jungle justice which entails the collective infliction of brutish, often fatal assault by an irate mob on persons perceived to have committed a crime is very rampant in Nigeria ...

  4. Jungle Justice: Its Place in the Nigerian Criminal Justice System

    This article basically examines the concept of jungle justice, its origin, position of law, legality and the attitude of the courts towards it in Nigeria. It is observed that perpetrators of jungle justice innocently believe that they are strictly dishing out "justice" to an alleged criminal, thereby helping the society to reduce crimes and ...

  5. The Paradox of Jungle Justice as Retributive Punishment in Nigeria

    Clarification of Concepts Jungle Justice Jungle justice can be defined as a phenomenon that is especially widespread in different parts of Africa where persons suspected of committing a crime are severely beaten by stick and stone-wielding mobs, humiliated or in some cases murdered without recourse to judicial procedure or regard for the ...

  6. (PDF) Effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System in Tackling the

    Jungle justice is no justice at all but a travesty of justice since it does not guarantee fairness to anyone. 3 Everyone has a right to be heard, it is a principle of natural justice. Jungle justice, as a matter of fact, violates the two cardinal principles of natural justice: audi alterem partem and nemo judex in causa sua.

  7. A Comparative Study of Prevalence of Jungle Justice in Developing and

    Delay in proper criminal justice procedures and escalation of jungle justice lead to lack of system units to keep pace with value expectation of the society (Timasheff, 1967:34). Methodology Results In Nigeria, it was found that jungle justice stems from the slow and ineffective dispensation of justice by the judicial system in Lagos, Nigeria.

  8. Mob Action or Jungle Justice, A Security Imperative

    Mob action or 'jungle justice' is made more imperative with the presence of non-people oriented army and police, bequeathed to African nations by colonialism. ... Essays in Honour of Professor ...

  9. Jungle Justice: A Peak of Failure of Humanity

    The argument is that the conducts of the public tend to show how humanely depraved society has turned out to be. To this end, this paper discusses the issues of jungle justice in view of it being the peak of failure of humanity; with penchant interest in Nigeria as an entity. Keywords: Sanctions, anarchy, humanity, jungle justice, state machinery

  10. From 'ethnic militias' to 'jungle justice'? Research and change in

    Abstract The aim of this article is to initiate a new debate on vigilantism in Nigeria by arguing for a re-examination of the links between crime and vigilantism. It contends that, although the existing literature has shed considerable light on the practice of vigilantism in Nigeria, it has also obscured entire dimensions of the problem. By focusing exclusively on vigilante groups or ethnic ...

  11. Essay on jungle justice

    JUNGLE JUSTICE IS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Jungle justice has been with man from time immemorial. An act of disregarding the role of law taking its course and taking law into one's hand, in a situation whereby an alleged criminal or suspected violator of the norms and culture of the society, as entrenched in documented laws of the society is beaten, humiliated and subjected to ...

  12. Human Security and the Problem of Jungle (Mob) Justice in Cameroon

    Jungle justice is when the population (an irate mob) take upon themselves the responsibility of inflicting penalty on an alleged offender/criminal without proving him guilty of the offence. In order words, it is a situation where the masses take upon themselves to render judgment on a matter without hearing, or without giving the accused the ...

  13. PDF Jungle Justice: a Peak of Failure of Humanity

    1. Justice to the society 2. Justice to the victim 3. Justice to the accused What this implies is that at the time in which justice is to be done, the three categories entities must be bored in mind. The doctrine of Audi Partem Alteram, which means that both parties should be heard for it to be deemed that justice has been served.

  14. [PDF] Jungle justice: passing sentence on the equality of belligerents

    Search 218,157,545 papers from all fields of science. Search. ... Corpus ID: 54910586; Jungle justice: passing sentence on the equality of belligerents in non-international armed conflict @article{Somer2007JungleJP, title={Jungle justice: passing sentence on the equality of belligerents in non-international armed conflict}, author={Jonathan ...

  15. (PDF) Jungle justice in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria

    Received 19 January, 20 20; Accepted 2 July, 2020. Jungle just ice has added ano ther dimension to the neigbourhood insecurity challenge in Lagos. metropolis. The reoccurring lynching of suspect ...

  16. Mob Action or 'Jungle Justice': a Contextual Security Imperative

    Mob action or 'jungle justice' is made more imperative with the presence of non-people oriented army and police, bequeathed to African nations by colonialism. Although mob action has often been regarded as illegal, it has over the years served useful purposes in the social and political history of various communities. ... B. A. Long Essay ...

  17. The downward spiral of #vigilante justice

    The consequence of jungle justice is a downward spiral that takes us into worse and worse forms of vigilantism, social decay, mistrust, and disorder. Everyone deserves to be treated justly, and ...

  18. Justice in the jungle

    1996. In 1914 the Enugu Government Colliery and the construction of its railway link to the Biafran coast used slave-owning chiefs as labor recruiters. Although aware of slavery in the Nkanu clan area the…. Expand. 24. Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Justice in the jungle" by F. Hives.

  19. The Gentleman of the Jungle

    Justice and Injustice. The theme of justice and injustice is also explored in The Gentleman of the Jungle. The story shows how the man is denied justice and how he is forced to accept the animals' demands without any compensation or protection. This reflects the way justice works in a society where the powerful dominate the weak.

  20. THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND JUNGLE JUSTICE IN NIGERIA

    There have been too many cases of murder on suspected criminal offenders by the mob without recourse to judicial process in many developing nations especially Nigeria. This made a lot of people lose confidence in law enforcement agencies due to the

  21. Jungle justice

    Jungle justice. By Lomarsh Roopnarine. | July 10, 2022. JUNGLE justice has been on a rise in this country, which has taken frightening dimensions in the name of community protest, culminating in situations suggestive of enforcement agencies being unable to cope with such mob action and mayhem as well as revealing something politically afoot.

  22. Advantages Of The Jungle From A Social Justice Perspective

    Running Head: IMPRESSIONS OF THE JUNGLE FROM A SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE Impressions of the Jungle From a Social Justice Perspective The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Sherree Boyce Lehman College Author Note This paper was prepared for Social Welfare Institutions and Program, SWK, 639, Section 81, taught by Professor Yvonne Johnson The novel, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair depicts the lives of poor ...

  23. With I.C.C. Arrest Warrants, Let Justice Take Its Course

    Guest Essay. With I.C.C. Arrest Warrants, Let Justice Take Its Course. May 20, 2024. ... Crucially, the request recognizes compelling claims for justice on both sides of the conflict.

  24. Why a New Yorker Story on a Notorious Murder Case Is Blocked in Britain

    The New Yorker deliberately blocked the article from readers in Britain because of strict reporting restrictions that apply to live court cases in England. A publication that flouts those rules ...

  25. When Tommy Rath Vanished From 'the Jungle'

    Among those ensnared in the Jungle was a specter of a man who possessed little more than his name: Thomas Rath. Tommy, to those who knew him the longest. A 33-year-old addict living in a tarp-and ...

  26. Sam Alito's second flag story and what it means about ethics at the

    This week, the New York Times further reports that Alito was flying an "Appeal to Heaven" flag at his New Jersey beach house this past summer. That flag is not merely another Jan. 6 signifier ...

  27. Jungle justice in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria

    Jungle Justice is a breach of the law that supports social or communal relationships in a given territory of either relatively small ecological units (neighborhoods, census tracts, communities) or larger units (e.g. counties, states, and nations) that is presumed to be "organized" closely with reciprocally interactions.

  28. Alito flag scandal: The second one is even scarier than the first

    It's a window into the Supreme Court justice's ominous vision. By Molly Olmstead. May 24, 2024 1:28 PM. Pro-Trump protesters with the "Appeal to Heaven" flag on Jan. 6, 2021.

  29. Justice Samuel Alito's 'Dumb' Flag Flying Rebuked by Federal Judge

    U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor criticized conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in an opinion essay on Friday, calling him "foolish" and describing his action of displaying the ...

  30. Opinion

    Justice Alito Is a True Believer. May 21, 2024. Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press. Share full article. 843. By Jamelle Bouie. Opinion Columnist. In a large part of American political discourse ...