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Bolodeoku"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2956\" class=\"elementor elementor-2956\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4e4b6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4e4b6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b9977f\" data-id=\"8b9977f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1ff86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b1ff86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TITLE (PROF\/DR): \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PROF<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>NAME<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IGE OMOTAYO BOLODEOKU<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>POSITION: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PROFESSOR OF LAW<\/span><\/p><h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EDUCATION\/TRAINING<\/span><\/h5><table width=\"576\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"184\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"104\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>DEGREE <\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Completion Date (MM\/YYYY)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>FIELD OF STUDY<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"184\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"104\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LL.B (HONS)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">September\/1988<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Law<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"184\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"104\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">B.L (HONS)<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">November\/1989<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Training for Legal Practice<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"184\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">University of\u00a0 Lagos &#8211; Akoka &#8211; Lagos Nigeria<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"104\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LL.M<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">September\/1992<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">General LL.M Commercial &amp; Private Law<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"184\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto Canada<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"104\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">D. Jur.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">September\/ 2001<\/span><\/p><\/td><td width=\"144\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comparative Corporate Law and Governance Systems<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Personal Statement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am a Professsor of Law, with special focus on corporate theory, comparative corporate law and governance systems. I am interested in interdisciplinary research, especially on the impact of economics and and sociology, in assessing the efficiency of law and in explaining the behaviours of directors on boards. Besides, I equally explore the impact of advanced information and communication technologies on corporate administration, and how they may influence the shareholders\u2019 behavior as key stakeholder in corporate governance and monitoring. In the knowledge that social developments are always ahead of the law, I therefore have a passion for law reform in order to reduce the gap between law and development, especially\u00a0 .<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Member, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Member, Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Legal Consultant, [International Financial Corporation [2008 (team member)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reviewer, [Journal of African Law]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scholar, [Insert Fellowship or Award Name], [Organization], [Date]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senior Special Assistant on Law, PPP, Energy\/Power, Ondo State Government (2009-2016)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \/ Contributions to Knowledge (<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BOLODEOKU I.O. . Infusion of ICT into Nigeria\u2019s Corporate Democracy: A Proposal for a New Reform Initiative.Journal of African Law (2023) 67 1-15<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BOLODEOKU I.O. (2023) . Termination of Appointments and Removal of Executive Directors from Office: What are the Frameworks, Who are the Actors, and What may Aggreived Directors do Differently\u00a0 in Hon. Justice Kanyip et al. (eds),in Rethinking Commercial &amp; Industrial Law in Nigeria (Lagos, Dept of Commercial &amp; Industrial Law, UNILAG)\u00a0 249-275<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BOLODEOKU I.O. (2018) Making Corporate Governance Work for Public Companies in Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Contemporary Law (18)1-50OLUKAYODE A. O. (2022). Legal Frameworks for E-Commerce in West Africa: Opportunities and Gaps. International Law and Development Review, 9(3), 70\u201395.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BOLODEOKU I. O. (2018). Corporate Personality: Exploring its Implications for Corporate Relationship and Governance in Atsenuwa etal., (eds) Criss-Crossing Law and Jurisprudence: Feststrift for Prof. Akindele Oyebode (Lagos: Faculty of Law University of Lagos) pp. 242-299<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BOLODEOKU I.O. (2009). The War against Corruption in Nigeira: A new Role for the Federal Inland Revenue Service? Journal of Money Laundering Control (12) 417-431<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Collaborators \/ Networks (International inclusive, five maximum)<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zinger, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John Michael, Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society, Harvard University, USA<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ademola Olaleye, Centre for Law, Innovation &amp; Technology, University of Ottawa, Canada<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maryrose Ijeoma, International Centre for Gender and Law, University of Kent, UK<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ibrahim Mustapha, Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE (PROF\/DR): \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PROF. 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