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Biography of Taslim Olawale EliasName: Taslim Olawale EliasBirth Date: November 11, 1914 Death Date: August 14, 1991 Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria Nationality: Nigerian Gender: Male Occupations: jurist, academic researcher Taslim Olawale Elias Taslim Olawale Elias (1914-1991), Nigerian academic and jurist, was the president of the International Court of Justice. He also modernized and extensively revised the laws of Nigeria.Taslim Olawale Elias was born in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, on November 11, 1914. He received his secondary education at the Church Missionary Society Grammar School and Igbobi College in Lagos. Marriage to Ganiat Yetunde Fowosere occurred in 1932; the couple would have five children together (three sons, two daughters). After passing the Cambridge School Certificate examination in 1934 he worked as an assistant in the Government Audit Department. In 1935 he joined the Nigerian Railway and served in the Chief Accountant's Office for nine years.While working at the Nigerian Railway Elias became an external student of London University, and later he passed the intermediate examinations for the B.A. and LL.B degrees. He left Nigeria for the United Kingdom in 1944 and was admitted to University …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…several international legal associations, including the International Commission of Jurists, the World Association of Judges (he served as president in 1975) and an honorary member of the American Society of International Law. He received honorary degrees from universities all over the world.Elias died on August 14, 1991, in Lagos, Nigeria. Sadly, he was never able to refute charges of corruption, and attempted to sue the paper that first raised them, but he passed away before the case could be decided. No doubt his 1969 treatise Nigerian Press Law was cited at some point in the legal documents. Further Reading There is no biography of Elias. Some of his many books include British Colonial Law-A Comparative Study (1962), Ghana and Sierra Leone: The Development of their Laws and Constitutions (1962), The Nigerian Legal System (1963), Africa and the Development of International Law (1972), Africa Before the World Court (1981), and The International Court of Justice and Some Contemporary Problems (1983). |