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The place and role of the International Criminal jurisdictions in relation to National Domestic courts with regard to the principles of primacy and complementarity
(Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)The end of the Cold War 16 years ago marked a major shift in the development of international law. The need to address the ever-increasing culture of impunity and prevent future commission of atrocities made the international ... -
Case Management
(Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)Case management is the process through which a case passes through commencement (filling) to completion. It is thus a system which ensuring that once cases are commenced in the courts and become defended (or even if not ... -
Electronic evidence: a case for reform of the law of Evidence in Uganda
(Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)The Law of evidence deals with evidence of information that tends to prove a fact in court. It is the duty of Judges to admit or reject evidential material depending on whether the items are relevant or whether the law of ... -
Salient effect of Maliki's solution to the problem of 'Grandfather and collaterals in competition'
(Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)This paper is a critical analysis of the solution adopted by the Maliki school of Law to solve the knotty problem of “grandfather and collaterals in competition” in Islamic Law of Intestate Succession. It examines the ... -
Reappraising the status and role of the Company secretary in Contemporary corporate practice
(Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)The role of the Company Secretary in contemporary corporate practice cannot be overemphasized, particularly with the professionalization and legislation or statutory recognition of the office of the Company Secretary in ... -
The impact of the Domestic Relations Bill 2003 on the Islamic Institution of Marriage.
(Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)The whole of Uganda sometime in 2005 reacted to the Domestic Relations Bill 2003 on the basis that it lacks both religious and cultural morals; the same bill is to be retable before the parliament, 3despite all protests. ... -
The women's human rights in the war zone: a case study of Nothern Uganda
(journal of comparative law, 2008-01)Northern Uganda is composed of 16 districts and by 2003 it had a population of 6.5 million people that represented 35% of the Ugandan population, which is now estimated at 31 million. The Acholi region, parts of lango and ... -
The need for banking sector reforms and consolidation in uganda: a conceptual and legal framework
(Journal of comparative law, 2008-01)The financial landscape, especially the banking sector, is under immense pressure from the global market place of financial services, for the need to provide adequate and cheap capital, competitive technology, and robust ... -
A comparative analysis of the rights of a child under the Nigerian and ugandan laws
(journal of comparative law, 2008-01)The joy of every parent is to bear and have children; this is because this life will appear to be worthless if a man born of a woman could not in turn reproduce and procreate to have his own children too. it is a blessing ... -
A critical overview of the Jurisprudence and the applicability of the american plea bargaining system in Nigeria
(journal of comparative law, 2008-01)Once systems of criminal procedure absent from the Nigerian Law and which has been consistently applied in the United States of America despite strong opposition from all quarters is the plea bargaining system. The American ... -
police reforms in nigeria
(journal of comparative law, 2008-01)Reforms can be defined as Change that is made to a social system, an organization et cetera in order to improve or correct it. The essence of reforms is to bring about a positive change, which will either result in improvement ... -
Restorative justice in Nigeria
(Journal of comparative law, 2008-01)The purpose of this paper is to consider theoretical and practical issues in relation to the notion of Restorative justice with particular reference to the Nigerian context. The paper will begin with an analysis of the ... -
A comparative analysis of the defence of intoxication under common and islamic laws
(journal of comparative law, 2008-01)A comparative analysis of the defence of intoxication under both Common and Islamic Laws has been a very challenging and interesting discussion. This essay is set out to examine what is intoxication as defined by the ... -
succession and will under islamic law
(journal of comparative law, 2008-01)The place of women before the coming of Sharia in all the societies in the world was sympathetic, as they were seen and treated as chattels, and their personal consent in matters affecting their well-being was considered ... -
An appraisal of the Law on child abuse in developing countries: a case study of Nigeria and Uganda
(2009-01)This paper examines the degree of the child abuse in both Nigeria and Uganda and how it has become so endemic that it has become so notorious in our society. It also discusses the various meanings of attached to child ... -
Trade Liberalisation or Trade colonisation? An extraction of the politics in policies of the World Trade Organisation (WHO) on African Economy
(Journal of Comparative Law, 2009-01)After the World War II, the clamour for a forum or Organisation that would serve as a platform for negotiating trade agreement and trade rules increased tremendously. This urge was what gave birth to the General Agreement ... -
The impact of legal reasoning in judicial and legislative process
(Islamic University in Uganda, 2017)One vital institution that remains the last hope of common man in the society is the judiciary. The hope imposed on this institution by members of the public is not because judiciary bears such name, but because of its ... -
The role of public opinion in court decisions on the legality of the death penalty
(Islamic University in Uganda, 2017)There are various schools of thought on the role of public opinion in court decisions especially on the death penalty. A person’s view of the role of public opinion will be profoundly affected by whether the public he or ...
