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I am a Lecturer at the Brunel Law School,
West London.
I completed a doctoral research at University
College Cork - National University of
Ireland where I was awarded a presidential
scholarship for doctoral studies in the Faculty
of Law under the supervision of Professor
Irene Lynch Fannon and Dr Ursula KilKelly.
I am a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Nigeria and was engaged in the
practice of law in Nigeria before moving to
Europe for further studies. I was a barrister in
the law firm of Chief Afe Babalola, SAN &
Co, one of the leading law firms in Nigeria.
I did my first degrees in English (Language
and Literature) and Law at the University of
Ilorin and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife,
Nigeria respectively. I further did a Masters
degree in Law at the University of Ibadan,
Nigeria.
I completed a Master’s degree in International
Economic Law at the University of Warwick,
Coventry, U.K in 2005.
My research areas include Corporate Law
Theory, Corporate Governance, Corporate
Social Responsibility, International Law,
Human Rights and Multinational Corporations.
My curriculum vitae is provided below.
West London.
I completed a doctoral research at University
College Cork - National University of
Ireland where I was awarded a presidential
scholarship for doctoral studies in the Faculty
of Law under the supervision of Professor
Irene Lynch Fannon and Dr Ursula KilKelly.
I am a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Nigeria and was engaged in the
practice of law in Nigeria before moving to
Europe for further studies. I was a barrister in
the law firm of Chief Afe Babalola, SAN &
Co, one of the leading law firms in Nigeria.
I did my first degrees in English (Language
and Literature) and Law at the University of
Ilorin and Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife,
Nigeria respectively. I further did a Masters
degree in Law at the University of Ibadan,
Nigeria.
I completed a Master’s degree in International
Economic Law at the University of Warwick,
Coventry, U.K in 2005.
My research areas include Corporate Law
Theory, Corporate Governance, Corporate
Social Responsibility, International Law,
Human Rights and Multinational Corporations.
My curriculum vitae is provided below.
PUBLICATIONS/ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Publications
Book:
Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and the Law: Multinational Corporations in Developing
Countries (May 2011 | 978-0-415-59785-2 | Hardback (Routledge)) 336 pages
Book Chapters:
"The African Human Rights System" in Mashood Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo, International Human Rights
Law: Six Decades after the UDHR (Ashgate, 2010) 235-251
“Human Rights and Ethics in the International Business Context – A Nigerian Perspective” in Aurora
Voiculescu and Helen Yanacopulos, The Business of Human Rights: A Rights Based Approach to Corporate
Responsibility ((Zed Books/Open University, 2011) 188-213
Articles:
E Adegbite, K Amaeshi and Olufemi Amao, "The Politics of Shareholder Activism in Nigeria" (2011) Journal of
Business Ethics
"The Foundation for a Global Company Law for Multinational Corporations" International Company and
Commercial Law Review (Autumn/Winter 2010) 275-288
Book review: “Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past, Paths to the Future” ( 2010) 30 (1-2)
Canadian Journal of Development Studies 325
'Trade Sanctions, Human Rights and Multinational Corporations: The EU-ACP Context' (2009) 32 (2) Hastings
International and Comparative Law Review 379.
Cited by:
i.Natalia Dimitrieva: The accountability of multinational corporations for human rights violations: A comparative analysis of legal
redress under the US Alien Tort Claims Act (University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, 2009)
ii. Monica Patel, Expanding the Role of Trade Preference Programs, ( 2011) 95 Minn. L. Rev. 1490
Kenneth Amaeshi and Olufemi Amao 'Corporate Social Responsibility in Transnational Spaces: Exploring
influences of varieties of capitalism on expressions of corporate codes of conduct in Nigeria. ' (2009) 86 (2)
Journal of Business Ethics 225.
Cited by:
i. R. Burchielli, A. Delaney, J. Tate and K. Coventry, The FairWear Campaign: An Ethical Network in the Australian Garment Industry
90 (Supplement 4) Journal of Business Ethics 575
'The African Regional Human Rights System and Multinational Corporations: Strengthening Host State
Responsibility for the Control of Multinational Corporations' (2008) 12 (5) International Journal of Human
Rights 759 - 786.
Cited by:
i. Piet Hein van Kempen, “The Recognition of Legal Persons in International Human Rights Instruments: Protection Against and
Through Criminal Justice? “ in Corporate Criminal Liability: Emergence, Convergence, and Risk by Mark Pieth and Radha Ivory
(Springer, 2011)
‘Reconstructing the Role of the Corporation: Multinational Corporations as Public Actors in Nigeria’ Dublin
University Law Journal ( 2007) Vol 29 p 312
'Corporate Social Responsibility, Multinational Corporations and the Law in Nigeria' (2008) 52 (1) Journal of
African Law 89 -113. (The most read article in the Journal of African Law in the past twelve months)
Cited by:
i. The London School of Economics and Political Science; Corporate Responsibility Coalition “The Reality to accessing Remedies
when Businesses Operates Beyond Borders” – A Report (May 2009)
ii. E. Emeseh, R. Ako, P. Okonmah, and L. O Obokoh Corporations, “CSR and Self Regulation: What Lessons from the Global
Financial Crisis?” 11 German Law Journal No. 2 (2010) 231
iii. N S Ghaleigh, “Six honest serving-men”: Climate change litigation as legal mobilization and the utility of typologies” (2010) 1(1)
Climate Law 31
iv. Giedre Kaminskaite-Salters, Constructing a Private Climate Change Lawsuit Under English Law: A Comparative Perspective
(Kluwer Law International, 2010)
v. Paul von Nessen, Australian efforts to promote social corporate responsibility: can disclosure alone suffice? (2009) 27 UCLA Pac.
Basin L.J. 1-35
'Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Contract, Corporate Personhood and Human Rights Law: Understanding
the Emerging Responsibilities of Modern Corporations' (2008) 33 Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 100-
133
'Mandating Corporate Social Responsibility: Emerging Trends in Nigeria' (2008) 6 (1) Journal of Commonwealth
Law and Legal Education 75 - 95.
Co author ‘Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria: western mimicry or indigenous influences?’ (2006) 24
Journal of Corporate Citizenship Issue 83- 99.
Cited by:
i. Prof. Jedrzej George Frynas, "Corporate Social Responsibility in the Oil and Gas Sector" (2009) 2 (3) Journal of World Energy and
Business 178 -195.
ii. W. Visser, "Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries" in A. Crane, A. Mc Williams, D. Matten, J. Moon & Siegel
(eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008) 473-479
iii. D Jamali, M Zanhoor & T. Keshishian “Peculiar Strengths and Relational Attributes of SMEs in the Context of CSR (2009) 87 (3)
Journal of Business Ethics 355-377
iv. RT Ako, LO Obokoh & PD Okonmah “The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Tackling Violent Conflicts in the Niger Delta”
in Simon Sigue (ed) Global and Local Dynamics in African Business and Development, IAABD Peer Reviewed Proceedings, Florida,
2008.
v. Fara Azmet and R Samaratunge “Responsible Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Understanding the Realities and
Complexities” Journal of Business Ethics (2009)
vi. O Amao & K Amaeshi “Galvanizing Shareholder Activism: A Prerequisite for Effective Corporate Governance and Accountability
in Nigeria” (2008) 82 (1) Journal of Business Ethics 119-130.
vii. Akpan Wilson “When Corporate Citizen ‘Second Class’ National Citizens: The Antimonies of Corporate-mediated Social vii.
Provisioning in Nigeria Oil Provinces” (2009) 27 91) Journal of Contemporary African Studies 105-118.
viii. Ingo Stolz “Corporate Citizens: A Lack of Organizational Skills— Examples, Consequences and Antecedents” (SGOCI LLP,
Working Paper, 2009)
ix. Lu Tang and Hongmei Li, Corporate Social Responsibility Communication of Chinese and Global Corporations in China (2009)
35 Public Relations Review 199
x. A. Lindgreen, V Swaen and T. T. Campbell, Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Developing and Transitional Countries:
Botswana and Malawi (2009) 90 Journal of Business Ethics 429
xi. J. N. Muthuri and V. Gilbert “An Institutional Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in Kenya” (2011) 98 (3) Journal of
Business Ethics 467
xii. M. Spence, J. B. Boubaker Gherib and V. O Biwolé, “Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Is Entrepreneurial will Enough? A North–
South Comparison “(2011) 99 (3) Journal of Business Ethics 335.
xiii. K. Amaeshi, International Financial Institutions and Discursive Institutional Change: Implications for Corporate Social
Responsibility In Developing Economies (2011) 11 (1) Journal of Change Management 111
xiv E. Adegbite and C. Nakajima, Corporate governance and responsibility in Nigeria (2011) International Journal of Disclosure and
Governance
xiv D. Jamali and B. Neville, Convergence Versus Divergence of CSR in Developing Countries: An Embedded Multi-Layered
Institutional Lens (2011) Journal of Business Ethics
xv. O.C. Eneh, Crippling poverty amidst corporate social actions: A critique of peripheral corporate community involvement in the
Niger Delta region of Nigeria (2011) 1 (1) Asian Journal of Rural Development 1
Olufemi Amao and Kenneth Amaeshi 'Galvanizing Shareholder Activism: A Prerequisite for Effective
Corporate Governance and Accountability in Nigeria' (2008) 82 (1) Journal of Business Ethics 119 -130.
Cited by:
i. BJ Inyang “Nurturing Corporate Governance System: The Emerging Trends in Nigeria” (2009)4(2) Journal of Business, Systems,
Governance and Ethics 1-13.
ii. B Tijjani, S.G.M Fifield, D.M. Power “The Appraisal of Equity Investments by Nigerian Investors” (2009) 1 (1) Qualitative Research
in Financial Markets (Journal) 6-26.
iii. Suzanne Fifield, David M. Power, Guest editorial From: Managerial Finance, Volume 37, Issue 3 (2011)
iv.E. Adegbite and C. Nakajima, Corporate governance and responsibility in Nigeria (2011) International Journal of Disclosure and
Governance
'BookReview: Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility: Limitations and Opportunities in International
Law. By Jennifer A. Zerk.'(2007) 10 (1) Journal of International Economic Law 161 -164.
Cited by:
i. LC Backer “Governing Corporations, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Obligations of States (Reviewing Jenifer A. Zerk,
Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility: Limitations and Opportunities in International Law.) (2008) 26 Berkeley Journal
of International Law 503-515.
ii. J Kerr "Article: Symposium: Law, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Recovery: Article: A New Era of Responsibility: A Modern
American Mandate for Corporate Social Responsibility" Winter, (2009) 78 UMKC L. Rev. 327
'Controlling Corporate Cowboys: Extraterritorial Application of Home Countries Jurisdiction to EU Corporations
Abroad' (2007) UCD Law Review (Symposium Edition) 67 - 79.
Cited by:
i. Version cited by Duane Windsor, "The Ethics of Risk Management by a Board of Directors" in R.W. Kolb and D. Schwartz
Corporate Boards Managers of Risk, Sources of Risk (Wiley-Blackwell, Sussex, 2010)
'Corporate Codes of Conduct: Workers’ Welfare and Multinational Corporations in Nigeria’ in Felix Ayadi (ed.)
African Development: What Role for Business?' International Academy of African Business 7th Annual
Conference, 2006 (peer reviewed conference proceedings)
‘Reflexive Law: Any relevance to the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) debate?’ ( Cork Online Law Review)
'Reflexive Law and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A Strategic Alliance for Development?'
International Academy of African Business 8th Annual Conference, 2007 (peer reviewed conference
proceedings)
Olufemi Amao & Silvana Rendel-Beeri 'Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Company Law and Employees
Interest: The Case of Irish Company Law: A Note' in Smitha S. Parakkal Corporate Social Responsibility:
Expanding Contours (2010) Amicus Books 141
Kenneth Amaeshi and Olufemi Amao 'Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR) in Transnational Spaces: An
Institutionalist Deconstruction of MNCs’ CSR Practices in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector. ' (2008)
CSGR (Warwick) Working Paper 248/08
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
‘Reconstructing the Role of Corporation: Multinational Corporations as Public Actors in Nigeria’ Paper presented
at the National Company Law Postgraduate Seminar, 2006, London School of Economics, U.K on 25th
February, 2006 -A brief summary of presentation published in the European Business Organization Review
Journal (EBOR) Volume 7: 3 (2006)
'Corporate Codes of Conduct: Workers’ Welfare and Multinational Corporations in Nigeria’ Paper presented at the
International Academy of African Business 7th Annual Conference, Accra, Ghana 23rd -27th May, 2006
'Controlling Corporate Cowboys: Extraterritorial Application of Home Countries Jurisdiction to EU Corporations
Abroad' presented at the University College Dublin Legal Research Conference 24th-25th November, 2006
'Multinational Oil Corporation and Nigeria' Presentation at the British International Studies Association 2006
held at University College Cork, Ireland, from 18th to 20th December, 2006.
'Extraterritorial Application of Home Countries Jurisdiction to EU Corporations Activities Abroad: A window of
opportunity?' presentation at the Social Legal Studies Association Conference at the University of Kent,
Canterbury between 3rd - 5th April, 2007
'Chinese Multinational Corporations in Nigeria: What Implications For Human Rights And Corporate Social
Responsibility?' at the CCJHR Postgraduate Conference on the 3rd of May at University College, Cork, Ireland
'Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility Abroad: Regulatory Potentials in the European Union’ at the Marie
Curie Series of conferences entitled 'CORE' coordinated by Fondazioni Enrei Erico Mattei (FEEM) organization
between the 14th and 15th of June 2007, Milan, Italy.
'The foundation for a global law for Multinational Corporations' Paper presented at the Society of Legal Scholars
Conference, Keele University, 8th September, 2009.
'The Role of the African Union in the Libyan Crisis', Inaugural CIPL Reflective Workshop on Topical Issues - the
Libyan Crisis, Brunel University, London,15th November, 2011
'Islamic Banking in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges' Islamic Law and International Law Conference 2011
hosted by the Brunel Law School on the 9th September 2011.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Ad hoc Reviewer - Journal of Business Ethics
Ad hoc Reviewer - African Journal of International & Comparative Law
Ad hoc Reviewer - Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education
Consultancy – Centre for Law, The Open University, U.K. (2009-2010)
INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES Reading and Writing. Current Affairs. Music. Cycling.
Recently published by Routledge: Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and the Law: Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries by Olufemi Amao This book explores the interface between CSR, human rights and the law in the context of multinational corporations in developing countries. Order on Amazon.co.uk. |
EDUCATION
2006 – 2009 University College - National University of Ireland, Cork - PhD (Recipient of the
President PhD scholarship and the Department of Law scholarship at University College, Cork)
2008 - 2009 University College Cork Postgraduate Certificate in the Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education
2004 - 2005 University of Warwick, Coventry LLM – International Economic Law
2002-2003 University of Ibadan, Nigeria LLM, Law
1992-1997 Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria LLB
1998-1999 Nigerian Law School BL
1988-1991 University of Ilorin, Nigeria BA English Language and Literature
2006 – 2009 University College - National University of Ireland, Cork - PhD (Recipient of the
President PhD scholarship and the Department of Law scholarship at University College, Cork)
2008 - 2009 University College Cork Postgraduate Certificate in the Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education
2004 - 2005 University of Warwick, Coventry LLM – International Economic Law
2002-2003 University of Ibadan, Nigeria LLM, Law
1992-1997 Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria LLB
1998-1999 Nigerian Law School BL
1988-1991 University of Ilorin, Nigeria BA English Language and Literature