Kayode Eso was judge at the Supreme Court in Nigeria until 1990. This biography charts his development from his formative years through his years in public service, as a judge on the High Court Bench, at the Court of Appeal, the Apex Court and the Supreme Court. It also illuminates various episodes in contemporary history where Kayode Eso has played a prominent role, such as in the Legal Department of the Civil Service put together in the 1950s for the Western Region, the functioning of the Ministry of Justice in the politically turbulent Akintola years and the controversial Western Nigera Court of Appeal. There are chapters on law, human rights, corruption and good governance, and international dimensions. Author J.F. Ade Ajayi is Emeritus Professor of history at the University of Lagos, a leading Africanist historian, and a recipient of the Nigerian National Merit Award. Yemi Akinseye-george is a senior lecturer at the department of public and international law, University of Ibadan, and formerly a fellow at Princeton University.