Christian Nwachukwu Okeke

• LLM, (magna cum laude) Kiev State University, Ukraine
• DrJur, Free University of Amsterdam

• Air, Space and Telecommunications Law
• Comparative Law
• International Human Rights Law
• International Investment Law
• International Law

• A book of essays in honor of Prof. Okeke has been published by Vandeplas Publishing: Contemporary Issues on International and Comparative Law: Essays in Honor of Professor Chris Okeke (2009). The book has 27 chapters and explores the broad range of legal, personal, social, political and historical foundations of international law and covers many important subjects in comparative law. The authors are drawn from varying cultures across the oceans of the world, representing diverse legal philosophies and corresponding practices. The noted Editor of the book is Justice Centus Nweze, an erudite judge and international law scholar of the Nigeria Court of Appeal. The writer of the foreword is His Excellency Judge Abdul G. Koroma - a two-term erudite judge of the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

• Solicitor and advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
• Practiced with Ilegbune, Okeke & Co. (Nigeria).
• Consulted for The Law Offices of Dr. Jude A. Akubuilo (Los Angeles).
• Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (Nigeria).
• Pioneer Dean of the Schools of Law, namely: Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (formerly Anambra State University of Technology), and Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria.
• Author of Controversial Subjects of Contemporary International Law and Theory and Practice of International Law in Nigeria and numerous book chapters and review articles in the field of international law.
• Taught courses in international legal studies at various universities in Africa, Europe and North America for 25 years.

• Science, Technology and the Law: The Impact of Science and Technology on Law (Enugu: Gresham Publishers 1992).
• Nigerian-Soviet Economic and Industrial Relations (Enugu: Chuka Press 1983).
• Settlement of Disputes Between International Organizations and Their Employees (The Hague Academy 1976).
• The Theory and Practice of International Law in Nigeria (Enugu: Fourth Dimension Press 1986).
• Controversial Subjects of International Law (Rotterdam: Rotterdam University Press 1974).
• The Expansion of New Subjects of Contemporary International Law Through their Treaty-Making Capacity (Rotterdam University Press 1973).
• International treaty as the Main Source of Contemporary International Law (Kiev State University 1969). (Written and published in Russian.)

• Conference Proceedings on Using International Norms in Interpreting Local Actions ch. Human Rights in Africa (Indiana University 1995).
• Current Status of Refugee Law in Africa California State University, Long Beach. Conference Proceedings on Refugee Problems in Africa (1995).
• The Ghana Conference Proceedings ch. A Critique of the Nigerian response to Violations of Human Rights (van Nieuwaal and Ray, eds., 1993).
• Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law: A Review of Twenty-Three Years of Military Dictatorship in Nigeria (Seminar Papers of the Africa Study Center, University of Leiden, Holland 1993).
• Catholic Social Teachings Enroute in Africa ch. Bankruptcy of Justice under Nigerian Law (Ike ed., 1991).
• Management in Nigeria ch. Nigerian Law of Contract (Ejiofor ed.).
• African Network for Protection and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Conference Proceedings ch. A Critical View of the Historical Development of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Peter Ebigbo ed., 1990).
• The Soviet Union in World Politics ch. Nigeria's Relations with Eastern Europe (Victor Kalu ed., 1988).
• The Rights of the Child, UNICEF Conference Proceedings ch. Laws Affecting the Rights of the African Child in West Africa with Particular Reference to Ghana and Nigeria (1988).
• Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law ch. Extradition in International Law with Particular Reference to Recent Events in Nigeria (1985).
• National Seminar on the Apartheid Regime in South Africa: Conference Proceedings ch. The Legal Status of National Liberation Movements (Lagos, Nigeria 1984).
• New Directions in International Law ch. Treaty-Making and Treaty Implementation by a Federal State under International Law with Particular Reference to the Relevant Provisions of the 1979 Nigerian Constitution 1982).
• Introduction to Nigerian Law ch. International Law (C.O. Okonkwo ed., 1980).
• Marketing in Nigeria ch. The Impact of Law on Marketing (J. O. Onah ed., 1979).
• Proceedings of a Workshop on the Nigerian Draft Constitution ch. The Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy (1977).
• Proceedings of the African Studies Association ch. The Organization of African Unity and Other Regional Organizations: A Comparative Study (Chicago 1975).
• Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law ch. The Legal Status of Unrecognized States and Governments in International Law 45 (1975).

• The Second Scramble for Africa's Oil and Mineral Resources: Blessing or Curse? 42 The International Lawyer 193 (2008).
• The Exteat of a Remarkable Man from the Academia: Distinguished Professor Dr. Sompong Sucharitkul: Statesman, Diplomat and Notable Scholar, 13 Annual Survey of Intl. and Comp. Law 1 (2007).
• United States Migration Law: Essentials for Comparison, Am. J. of Comp. Law Supp. 531 (2006). With James A.R. Nafziger.
• The Debt Burden: An African Perspective, 35 The International Lawyer 1489 (2001)
• International Law in the Nigerian Legal System 27 California Western International Law Journal 311(1997).
• A Note on the Right of Secession as Human Right 3 Annual Survey of International and Comparative Law 27 (1996).
• Africa and the Environment, 3 Annual Survey of International and Comparative Law 37 (1996).
• Africa and the Environment, 11:3 Foreign Relations Journal (Publication of Philippine Council for Foreign Relations 1996).
• Law - A Mordant to Science and Technology, 1 ESUT Journal of Science and Technology 31 (1993).
• Nigerian Foreign Policy Under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1979, 55 Suffolk Transnational Law Journal 201 (1981).
• Recent Developments in the Law Relating to Aliens in Nigeria, 1 University of Jos Law Journal 35 (1980).
• The Legal Framework of the Provision of Open Spaces in Anambra State of Nigeria, 1976 University of Nigeria Journal of Tropical Environment.

• Ndiva Kofele-Kale, International Law of Responsibility for Crimes Committed by Heads of States and High Ranking Officials (August 1997).
• Oli Igbo, TIENA (1992).
• Martin C. Okany, Nigerian Commercial Law (1987).
• Justice John G.O. Aneke Rtd., Law for Everyman (1987).

• Air, Space and Telecommunications Law
• Comparative Legal Systems
• International Investment Law
• International Organizations
• LLM & SJD Programs