Taslim Olawale Elias

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria

Taslim Olawale Elias GCON was a Nigerian jurist who served as minister of Justice and attorney-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966, Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1972 to 1975 and president of the International Court of Justice from 1982 to 1985. Wikipedia

Born: November 11, 1914, Lagos, Nigeria

Died: August 14, 1991 (age 76�years), Lagos, Nigeria

Education: Igbobi College Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria., University of London, University College London, and more

Previous office: Chief Justice of Nigeria (1972–1975)

Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Books

The nature of African customary law

1956

Africa and the development of international law

1972

Nigerian land law and custom

1951

The International Court of Justice and some contemporary problems

1983

Nigerian Land Law

1971

New horizons in international law

1979