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Prof.
ELIAS,
Taslim Olawale
BA, LL.B, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, jurist, educa tionist, administrator, born November 11, 1914, Lagos; married Ganiat Yetunde 1959, three sons, two daughters; Education: CMS Grammar School, Lagos, 1929-32, Igbobi Col lege, Yaba, 1933-35, University College, Lon don, 1941-49, Council of Legal Education, In stitute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; called to the Bar in 1947; Legal Counsel, 1949-60; Simon Research fellow, University of Manchester, England, 1951-53; Oppenheim Research fellow, Institute of Com monwealth Studies, Nuffield College and Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford, England, 1954-60; visiting Professor of Law, University of Delhi, India, 1956; Governor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1957-60; member, Delegation to Nigerian Constitutional Conference, London, .1958; member, Governing Council, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1959-66; Federal Minister of Justice, 1960-66; Federal Attorney-General, 1960-72; member, United Nations Interna tional Law Committee, 1961-75, General Rap porteur, 1965-66, Chairman, 1970; Chairman, United Nations Committee of Constitutional Expert to draft Congo Constitution, 1961-62; member, Expert Committee, drafting OAU Charter, 1963; leader, Nigerian Delegation, Conference on Settlement of Investment Disputes and to Special Committee on Prin ciples of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States, 1964; Chairman, drafting Committee, Protocol of Mediation, Conciliation and Ar bitration, 1964; member, Federal Executive Council, 1966-71; Professor of Law and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, 1966-72; Commissioner for Justice, 1967-72; editor, Nigerian Law Journal, 1968-73; Chairman, Committee of the Whole United Nations Con ference on Law Treaties, 1968-69; member. Executive Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, 1969; leading counsel, Namibia Case, International Court of Justice, 1971; Chief Justice of Nigeria, 1972-75; Chairman, Advisory Judicial Committee of Nigeria, 1972-75; Chairman, Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, since 1972; appointed Judge, International" Court of Justice, The Hague, since1972 and elected Vice-President, ICJ, 1979-82, President. 1982-85; Chairman, Sixth Commonwealth Law Conference, Lagos, 1980; Vice-President, World Bank Administrative Tribunal, 1980-81; President Court Final Round, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 1981; member, Advisory Board for Law Reports of the Commonwealth. 1984; Chair man, Nigerian National Youth Trust; Chair man, National Advisory Judicial Committee; Chairman, Body of Benchers of Nigeria; Presi dent, Nigerian Society of International Law; Chairman, African Institute of International Law; associate member, Institute of Interna tional Law, 1962; Honorary member, American Society of International Law, 1973; President, World Association of Judges, 1975; member, -International Law Association, Curatorium of the Hague Academy of Interna tional Law; Honorary fellow, Nigerian In stitute of Advanced Legal Studies, Unilag; Honorary member, Nigerian Institute of Ar chitects; Honorary member, Society of Public Teachers' of Law, UK; Foreign Honorary member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; associated member, International Academy of Comparative Law; President, World Association for International Relations, 1984; Titular member, International Maritime Law Association; National Honours: confer red with Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 1963; Recipient: Nigerian National Merit Award, 1979; award ed Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, 1983; Award: Recipient, World Jurist Award, 1973; Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Lagos State University (LASU, 1987; Gold Medalist, University of Lagos; Honorary Degrees: Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), University of London, 1962. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D). University of Dakar, Senegal, 1962, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), University of Ibadan, 1969, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1973, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, 1974, Honorary Doctor of Literatures . (Hon. D. Litt), University of Ibadan, 1969; Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), University of Hull, England, 1980, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), University of Jos, 1987, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hon. LL.D), Lagos State University (LASU), 1987; Publications: Nigerian Land Law and Custom (1951), Nigerian Legal System (1954), Makers of Nigerian Law (1956), The Impact of English Law Upon Nigerian Customary Law (1960), Nigerian Land Law (4th Edition, 1962), Ghana and Sierra-Leone: Development of Their Laws and Constitutions (1962), British Colonial Law: A Comparative Study (1962), Nature of African Customary Law (2nd Edition, 1962), Govern ment and Politics in Africa (2nd Edition, 1963), The Nigerian Legal System (1963), British Legal Papers, co-author (1958), Inter national Law in Changing World, co-author (1963), Sovereignty Within the Law, co-author (1965), African Law: Adaptation end Development, co-author (1965), Law. Justice and Equity, co-author (1967), Nigeria: Development of Its Laws and Constitution, (1967), Nigerian Prison System, co-author (1968), Nigerian Press Laws, co-author (1969), Problems Concerning the Validity of Treaties (Hague, Academy of International Law Lec ture, 1971), Nigerian Magistrate and the Of fender (1972), Law and Social Change in Nigeria (1972, Law in a Developing Society (1973), Modern Law of Treaties (1974), - Judicial Process in Commonwealth Africa (1976), New Horizons in International Law (1979), Africa Before the World Court (1981), The International Court of Justice and Some Contemporary Problems (1983) and numerous articles on international law in national and in ternational learned journals; Official address: International Court of Justice, Peace Palace, 2517 KJ, The Hague, Netherlands; Home: 20 Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 612389.
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