Public Interest Litigation and Judicial Activism in Uganda
Author : Christopher Mbazira
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,91 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
ISBN :
Author : Christopher Mbazira
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,91 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
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Author : Joseph Oloka-Onyango
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1443864099
Using the phenomenon of public interest litigation (PIL) as the primary focus of analysis, this book explores the manner in which the judicial branch of government in the three East African states of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda has engaged with questions traditionally off-limits to adjudication and court-based resolution. It is rooted in an incisive investigation of the history of politics and governance in the sub-region, accompanied by an extensive repertoire of judicial decisions. It also provides a critical and informative account of the manner in which courts of law have engaged with State power in a bid to alternatively deliver or subvert justice to the socially marginalized and the politically victimized. The focus of the book is on judicial struggles over sexual and gender-based discrimination, social justice and poverty, and the adjudication of presidential elections. Employing the device of case deconstruction and analysis, the study uncovers the conceptual and structural factors which have witnessed public interest litigation emerge as a critical factor in the struggle for more inclusive and equitable structures of governance and social order. Needless to say, as judges battle with time-honoured legal precedents, received dogmas and contending (and often antagonistic) societal forces, the struggle in the courts is neither straightforward nor necessarily always transformative.
Author : Joseph Oloka-Onyango
Publisher :
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 35,68 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
ISBN : 9781443891226
Using the phenomenon of public interest litigation (PIL) as the primary focus of analysis, this book explores the manner in which the judicial branch of government in the three East African states of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda has engaged with questions traditionally off-limits to adjudication and court-based resolution. It is rooted in an incisive investigation of the history of politics and governance in the sub-region, accompanied by an extensive repertoire of judicial decisions. It also provides a critical and informative account of the manner in which courts of law have engaged with State power in a bid to alternatively deliver or subvert justice to the socially marginalized and the politically victimized. The focus of the book is on judicial struggles over sexual and gender-based discrimination, social justice and poverty, and the adjudication of presidential elections. Employing the device of case deconstruction and analysis, the study uncovers the conceptual and structural factors which have witnessed public interest litigation emerge as a critical factor in the struggle for more inclusive and equitable structures of governance and social order. Needless to say, as judges battle with time-honoured legal precedents, received dogmas and contending (and often antagonistic) societal forces, the struggle in the courts is neither straightforward nor necessarily always transformative.
Author : Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikunbinza
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Courts
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Author : Anuradha Rao
Publisher : Public Affairs Centre
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 1993
Category :
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Author : Jason Brickhill
Publisher :
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,83 MB
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781485128168
Public Interest Litigation in South Africa offers grounded accounts - by leaders in the field - of the campaigns, cases, and causes that have defined key areas of public interest litigation in the country since the constitutional transition. The authors share their perspectives on the struggles led by people, communities, activists, and civil society organisations to realise the vision of the Constitution. The book shares the legal narratives of those particular struggles in the hope that this will contribute to the broader continuous struggle for social justice. Part One of the book considers the history of public interest litigation, the public interest sector today, public interest litigation in the context of international law, the ethics and politics of public interest litigation, and procedure. Part Two addresses public interest litigation in key areas of law: property rights, gender, basic services, health care, LGBTI equality, children's rights, basic education, freedom of expression, access to information, and prisoners' rights. Public Interest Litigation in South Africa seeks to share more of the stories of what has been achieved in the courts, beyond the well-trodden, landmark appellate decisions, as a contribution to informed and critical engagement.
Author : S. Dicklitch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 1998-07-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230502113
Dicklitch challenges the dominant discourse of neo-liberalism which places NGOs and civil society at the forefront of democratization and development in Africa. Based on nine months of field research in Uganda, the study draws on evidence from the 'successfully' liberalizing country and shows how NGO potential for democratization and development has been subverted by state directives, structural and historical conditions, as well as the internal limitations of NGOs.
Author : Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107173655
This book critically examines models of domestic, regional and international judicial protection of economic, cultural and social rights in Africa.
Author : John Aneurin Grey Griffith
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Judicial power
ISBN : 9780719007026