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    A Legal Perspective of Domestic Violence In The Home
    (Lead City University, Ibadan, 2023-12) Banjo Adetutu Motunrayo
    Domestic violence is one of the social vices that are prevalent in a society. The negative effects cannot be overemphasized. it is important to protect children in violent homes from the negative effects in order for them to grow up to be responsible adults. Thus, the aim of this study is to appraise and critically examine the legal perspective of domestic violence in the home with a view to enforcing provisions of the law against perpetrators and to propose timely legal intervention for the reduction of domestic violence. This study adopted a qualitative methodology, that is, library-oriented research. It makes use of both primary and secondary sources. The primary sources: for instance includes, the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, 2015;The Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015; Protection against Domestic Violence, Lagos State; Ekiti State Gender Base Violence; The Ebonyi State Protection against Domestic Violence Law, 2007; The Cross River Domestic Violence; Maltreatment of Widow’s Prohibition Law, 2014; judicial precedents and opinions of legal scholars on the discourse. This study found out that in order to drastically reduce the menace of domestic violence in Nigeria, different laws have been put in place by the National assembly and the state houses of assemblies. However, the major problem with the laws in place is the enforcement mechanism. This study concluded that the stakeholders and the major actors in the administration of justice must take up their responsibilities and ensure that the menace of domestic violence does not hunt the society by charging, prosecuting and ensuring that the offenders face the wrath of the law. Keywords: Domestic Violence, law, home Word Count: 276