BY BARTHOLOMEW    MADUKWE

India’s leading law information providers, Eastern Book Company (EBC), has said it intends to empower members of  the legal profession and contribute to the strengthening of the rule of law in Nigeria.

Speaking at the launching of its books, EBC’s Managing Director, Mr. Vijay Malik, pointed out that the company is open to those who would like to author books on Nigerian laws.
”EBC also has as its objectives, the development of legal thought and jurisprudence in Nigeria, through the publication of books authored by local authors.

”Towards this objective, we welcome all those who would like to author books on Nigerian laws, to work with us and make this possible. It also looks forward to empowering the legal professionals, and contribute to the continued development and strengthening of the rule of law in Nigeria,” Malik said.

According to him, EBC caters for the needs of people at all levels, the professionals and the non-professionals, like students, members of the legal profession, the industry, businessmen and government.

He added: “EBC has several firsts to its credit. It published the first book on the Constitution of India, the first compilation of the statute law of the State of Uttar Pradesh in India, it published the first Digest of the entire case-law of the Supreme Court of India since 1950 till date, and the first electronic law information databases in India, and the first electronic eBook Reader.

”Its databases now cover the case law of Nigeria, U.K., West African Court of Appeal, India, South Africa, United States, and other commonwealth countries. In addition EBC also has to its credit several innovative and well received works.”

Malik noted that since 2007, the official law reports of England, namely, “The Weekly Law Reports” and “Law Report” as published by the Council of Law Reporting (ICLR) of England are being printed under licence and marketed by EBC in India and some other designated countries.