Commercial Law Research Network Nigeria (CLRN_N)

CLRN_N的提出是为了影响尼日利亚未来的商法改革，并提供一个可以产生跨学科研究的生态系统。它邀请研究人员以尼日利亚为案例研究全球南方商法改革的有效性。尼日利亚寻求使其法律现代化的原因有很多，包括达到国际标准，以及促进其经济发展。与其同行类似，这些改革主要是通过移植实现的；由于两国之间的殖民历史，英格兰和威尔士的普通法是移植的主要来源。重要的是要考虑已经进行的改革的有效性，特别是因为法律移植的批评者认为，如果它们没有解决接受者的现实，它们往往是无效的。Pistor et.移植是一种法律跨国传播的方法。法律不仅从全球北方传播到南方。它通常会在同样持平的国家之间传播。(双胞胎，2004年)。因此，问题不是扩散，而是地方现实没有得到适当考虑和解决的不适应问题。因此，重要的是，来自全球南方的国家阐明其制度所特有的现实；然后创造性地决定是否和(或)如何调整现代机构以适应它们的情况。为了了解尼日利亚的商法现实，熟练的研究人员有必要使用从理论到实证的跨学科研究方法来审问尼日利亚的背景。他们必须批判性地审视尼日利亚商业领域的历史、社会经济和政治背景。为了确保对现实情况有适当的了解，并确保建议足够严谨，以实现其目的，该网络还将通过圆桌讨论，在研究人员和参与颁布和执行尼日利亚商法的主要利益攸关方之间开展讨论。之后，可以确定商法各方面改革的有效性，并对未来的研究方向和商法政策提出建议。这种协作办法还确保与利益攸关方团体就所提出的建议进行持续对话。结果将与尼日利亚相关，因为将对其商业领域的机构进行严格评估。它们还将在尼日利亚以外的地区具有重要意义。它们与全球感兴趣的关于法律移植的辩论有关，也与那些对普通法的发展感兴趣的人有关，因为它们表明了如何使其原则适应全球南方国家的情况。最后，该网络还提供了一个论坛，在这个论坛上发展来自全球南方的研究。Trubek(2014)指出，全球南方在寻求发展的过程中面临的主要问题之一是其产生的研究质量不够高。为了提高从尼日利亚等全球南部重要国家产生的研究的严谨性，该网络将组织研讨会，讨论和教授研究方法。该网络提供的论坛将使现有的研究人员能够讨论合作的可能性，以及足够复杂的方法，以便与同行一起审问全球南方的现实。然而，该网络强调对早期职业研究人员的培训，他们中的许多人只接受了描述性、黑信分析方面的培训。这些研究人员将被启发到跨学科方法的价值和效用；最终目标是确保未来将有来自全球南部的严谨研究的扩展。

CLRN_N is proposed to influence the future reform of commercial law in Nigeria, as well as to provide an ecosystem through which interdisciplinary research can be generated. It invites researchers to examine the effectiveness of commercial law reform in the global South, using Nigeria as a case study. Nigeria has sought to modernise its laws for many reasons, including meeting international standards, as well as promoting the development of its economy. Similar to its counterparts, the reforms have been achieved largely through transplants; with the common law of England and Wales being the main source of transplants because of the colonial history between both countries. It is important to consider the effectiveness of the reforms that have been made, particularly as critics of legal transplants argue that they tend to be ineffective where they do not address the realities of the recipients. (Pistor et. al., 2000) Transplants are a method through which laws diffuse across nations. Law does not diffuse only from the global north to the south. It generally diffuses across countries that are at par also. (Twinning, 2004). Thus, the problem is not diffusion; it is with the misfit where the local realities have not been duly considered and addressed. It is therefore important that countries from the global south articulate the realities that characterise their systems; thereafter creatively determine whether and/or how to adapt modern institutions to suit their contexts. To understand the commercial law realities of Nigeria, it is necessary that well-versed researchers interrogate the Nigerian context using inter-disciplinary research methods ranging from the theoretical to the empirical. They must critical examine the the historical, socio-economic and political contexts of the Nigerian commercial sphere. To ensure that the realities are appropriately understood and recommendations are rigorous enough to achieve their purpose, the network will also engender discussions between researchers and key stakeholders involved in the enactment and enforcement of the Nigerian commercial law through round-table discussions. Thereafter, a determination can be made about the effectiveness of reforms in each aspect of commercial law and recommendations made on the future direction of research and commercial law policy. This collaborative approach also ensures that there will be sustained dialogues with the stakeholder groups on the recommendations made. The outcomes will be relevant for Nigeria, as institutions in its commercial sphere will be rigorously assessed. They will also hold relevance beyond Nigeria. They are relevant to the debate on legal transplants which is of interest globally, as well as those interested in the development of the common law, as they show how its principles can be adapted to the context of countries from the global south. Finally, the network also provides a forum at which to develop the research emanating from the global south. Trubek (2014) has stated that one of the principal problems the global south faces in the quest for development is the inadequate quality of the research it generates. To improve on the rigour of research generated from a prominent country in the global south such as Nigeria, the network will organise workshops at which research methods are discussed and taught. The forum provided by the network will enable established researchers to discuss the possibility of collaborations, as well as the methods which are sophisticated enough to interrogate the realities of the global south with their peers. The network however places emphasis on the training of early career researchers, many of whom have been trained only on descriptive, black-letter analysis. These researchers will be enlightened on the value and utility of inter-disciplinary methods; the ultimate goal being to ensure that there will be an expansion of rigorous research emanating from the global south in the future