DEPARTMENT OF PROPERTY LAW FACULTY OF LAW

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

TRADE, INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL MARKETS AS THE ENGINE OF DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF LAW

Thursday, 27th May 2021

Virtual- Zoom

Main Link: https://unn-edu-ng.zoom.us/j/6075029212?pwd=ZDFiQXI4bUQrTmtrVHZBY0ZGQnNYZz09

Meeting ID: 607 502 9212

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Time: 10:00 AM

Chief Host: Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria Nsukka Professor Charles Arinzechukwu Igwe

Host: Dr Sam I Nwatu

(Dean Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.)

Chairperson Faculty of Law Conference Committee: Dr Mrs Miriam Anozie

                PROGRAMMEWELCOME AND OPENIN

9:50am -10:00 am           Registration of Participants

10:00am - 10:10am             Opening remarks by Professor Edith Nwosu

Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus

10:10am - 10:20am             Opening remarks by Dr Sam Nwatu

Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria

LEAD PAPER PRESENTATION

10:20am -10:40am              Professor Makane Moïse Mbengue,

Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Switzerland,

Director of the Department of International Law and International Organization

SESSION 1: FINANCIAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Dr Uchechukwu Nwoke

10:40-10:50

Compulsory Acquisition (Expropriation) of Land for Foreign Investment in Nigeria: Is Compensation Required in All Cases?

Sam I Nwatu and Collins C Ajibo

10:50- 11:00

Internet of Things (IOT), An Untapped Catalyst in the Development of Nigerian

Economy: Legal Challenges and Emerging Solutions

Obinne Obiefuna, Miriam Anozie, Ndubuisi Nwafor, Collins Ajibo, Ike Chime, Ebele

Okiche and Matthew Nwankwo

11:00- 11:10

The Prohibition of Cryptocurrency Transactions in Nigeria and its Impact on Trade and Investment

Fochi Amabilis Nwodo

11:10- 11:20

Expropriation: A Loose Cannon or a Guided Missile in International Investment

Disputes

Jude O. C. Ifedi

11:20- 11:30

Rationalist Assumptions’ and ‘Normalizing’ the Neoliberal Economic Paradigm

Uchechukwu Nwoke, Ndubisi Nwafor and Nkiru Blessing Anike

11:30- 11:40

An Assessment of the Impact of Employment and Labour Related Laws on the

Labour Rights of Employees in Nigeria

Benjamin Chiedozie Anyi

Kenneth Ajibo

SESSION 2:  REGIONAL, CONTINENTAL AND GLOBAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Dr Obinne Obiefuna

11:50-12:00

Who is the Author and Owner of Copyright in Works of Artificial Intelligence in

Nigeria?

Sylvester Ndubuisi Anya, Charles Ndubuisi Iroh and Arthur Oforbike Ezema,

12:00-12:10

Protection of Digital Right Management: A Necessity for Africa’s Economic Growth

and Development

Uche Charles Okpe