Author: James S. E. Opolot
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This work covers the historical as well as contemporary socio-political situations in which just and unjust legal situations, law-making bodies or parliaments, office of the ombudsman, faculties of law, police, courts, and penal systems are located. It provides a context for all relevant parties - citizen groups, professional associations, educators, law-makers, judges, police officials, and prison authorities.
A Discourse on Just and Unjust Legal Institutions in African English-speaking Countries
Author: James S. E. Opolot
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This work covers the historical as well as contemporary socio-political situations in which just and unjust legal situations, law-making bodies or parliaments, office of the ombudsman, faculties of law, police, courts, and penal systems are located. It provides a context for all relevant parties - citizen groups, professional associations, educators, law-makers, judges, police officials, and prison authorities.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This work covers the historical as well as contemporary socio-political situations in which just and unjust legal situations, law-making bodies or parliaments, office of the ombudsman, faculties of law, police, courts, and penal systems are located. It provides a context for all relevant parties - citizen groups, professional associations, educators, law-makers, judges, police officials, and prison authorities.
When Courts Do Politics
Author: Joseph Oloka-Onyango
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443864099
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443864099
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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.
An Integrative Rights-based Approach to Human Development in Africa
Author: Dejo Olowu
Publisher: PULP
ISBN: 0981412467
Category : Africa south of Sahara
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
An integrative rights-based approach to human development in Africaby Dejo Olowu2009ISBN: 978-0-9814124-6-7Pages: x 322Print version: AvailableElectronic version: Free PDF available.
Publisher: PULP
ISBN: 0981412467
Category : Africa south of Sahara
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
An integrative rights-based approach to human development in Africaby Dejo Olowu2009ISBN: 978-0-9814124-6-7Pages: x 322Print version: AvailableElectronic version: Free PDF available.
Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice
Author: John Baugh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110715345X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Explores the role of linguistics in promoting justice and equality with regard to ethnic minorities, legal matters and civil rights.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110715345X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Explores the role of linguistics in promoting justice and equality with regard to ethnic minorities, legal matters and civil rights.
G.K. Hall Interdisciplinary Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies
Author: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Current Publications in Legal and Related Fields
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
An Introduction to the Precolonial History of the Mende of Sierra Leone
Author: Arthur Abraham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This study of the Mende, the largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone, uncovers Mende origins, ending at the beginning of the colonial period. Drawing from documentary, oral, anthropological, linguistic and other evidence, the work argues that Mende originated as a lingua franca sometime in the late 16th century and spread fairly quickly. State formation began in the 17th century, gathering momentum in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Three case studies form the focus of the rest of the book.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This study of the Mende, the largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone, uncovers Mende origins, ending at the beginning of the colonial period. Drawing from documentary, oral, anthropological, linguistic and other evidence, the work argues that Mende originated as a lingua franca sometime in the late 16th century and spread fairly quickly. State formation began in the 17th century, gathering momentum in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Three case studies form the focus of the rest of the book.
International African Bibliography
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Structural Origins of Revolution in Africa
Author: Vernon Damani Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Johnson (political science, Western Washington U.) examines the way that external material and ideological forces structurally condition the possibilities and consequences of revolution in Africa during the post-World War II era. The pursuit of global hegemony by the United States and the Soviet Union, their formal support for self-determination and racial equality, European ideas of liberalism, and international disagreement about the economic and political directions independent nations should take are all discussed. Case studies include Kenya, Cameroon, Algeria, Portuguese Africa, and South Africa. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Johnson (political science, Western Washington U.) examines the way that external material and ideological forces structurally condition the possibilities and consequences of revolution in Africa during the post-World War II era. The pursuit of global hegemony by the United States and the Soviet Union, their formal support for self-determination and racial equality, European ideas of liberalism, and international disagreement about the economic and political directions independent nations should take are all discussed. Case studies include Kenya, Cameroon, Algeria, Portuguese Africa, and South Africa. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
American Book Publishing Record
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description