REVIEW OF THE BOOK JUDICIAL ETHICS & CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE NIGERIAN BENCH

Abstract

The book under review is a crucial chronicle of the irreducible minimum code of conduct for judicial officers in Nigeria. Section 6 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended created the judiciary as an arm of government and expressly created the superior Courts with the Supreme Court as the apex Court. This book is both a fascinating and illuminating rendition of the “dos and don'ts” for the members of the Bench. As Hon Justice Amadi, JCA, adroitly put it in the Foreword at page vii, “It is the first of its kind. Most publications on the subject of this book are mostly found in seminar papers and lectures. A standard textbook like the instant one is not very common. The book is unique. It is a literary work that combines commentaries on the Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers and Code of Conduct for Public Officers in Nigeria. This book also has decided cases and incidences of disciplinary measures on different provisions of judicial codes and ethics.”