Writers often like to keep up with all that's going on with the legal end of publishing, concerning things like copyright, plagiarism, new legislation, etc. To that end, the Scrivener's Error blog is a good place to catch up on such news, and to read some legal commentary.

Nigerian company law is a part of Nigerian heritage from the British legal system that was imposed since colonial days. Prior to 1912, there was no local statute or legislation on company law in force in any part of Nigeria. Furthermore, the only companies operating in Nigeria were foreign companies and they were governed by the laws of their different countries. In 1912, the first local legislation governing the activities of companies was promulgated as the Companies ordinance, 1912.

The insanity dense also known as Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) is used by an accused person charged with murder with the aim of avoiding the legally prescribed consequences of their crimes.

In criminal law, for one to be found guilty of a crime, it must be proved that there was actus rea and mens rea. In other words the person committed the unlawful act (actus rea) and did so with malice afore thought or had reasonable knowledge that their action would result to what they are charged with (mens rea).