Kólá Abímbólá

Kólá Abímbólá is a Lecturer in Business, Company and Finance Law at the University of Leicester, UK. He also teaches Jurisprudence, Ethics and Forensic Science. He was previously an Assistant Professor at Seattle University, Washington, USA. He is a member of the Institute of Economic Affairs and a member of the Evidence, Inference and Enquiry Group (University College London). Kólá is on the Scientific Advisory Board of Polimetrica, Italy. He is a member of the Law and Religion Scholars Network, Cardiff. Kólá is the Coordinator of the International Congress of Orisa Tradition and Culture (Orisaworld). He was the President of the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies from 2006 to 2010. Dr. Abímbólá has held visiting professorships at Amherst College (MA, USA), Haverford College (PA, USA), and Temple University (PA, USA).

Research Interests

My research combines a theoretical understanding of legal evidence and proof with the study of the implications of globalisation for corporate and financial law. Specifically, I assess the import of religious, non-state, subaltern, customary, and non-Western perspectives on corporate governance, financial markets, corporate securities, banking risk, and credit risk assessment. Comparative research on Sino-American and Sino-African rules, principles, practices and standards also form an important component of my research agenda.

Download Samples of Publications

• Kola Abimbola (2006), "Rationality and Methodological Change: Dudley Shapere's Conception of Scientific Development." Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 10(1): 39-65.  
• Kola Abimbola (2006), "A Critique of Methodological Naturalism." Science in Context, 19(2): 191-213.
• Kola Abimbola (2002), "Questions and Answers: The Logic of Preliminary Fact Investigation." The Journal of Law and Society, 29(4): 533-559.
  
• Kola Abimbola (2001), "Abductive Reasoning in Law: Taxonomy and Inference to the Best Explanation." Cardozo Law Review, 22(5&6): 1683-1689. (Also published in: M. MacCrimmon & P. Tillers, (Eds.) (2002). The Dynamics of Judicial Proof: Computation, Logic and Common Sense. Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg.)
• Kola Abimbola (2001), "Spirituality and Applied Ethics: An African Perspective." West Africa Review, 3(1): 1-29.
  

School of Law, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.