Browsing Faculty of Law by Subject "Uganda"
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Adopting the Twin Peaks model as a consumer protection mechanism in the financial sector : the Ugandan perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The main objective of the study is to analyse the possibility of adopting the Twin Peaks model as a mechanism for ensuring protection to the consumers of financial services in Uganda. Uganda's financial sector has suffered ... -
An Analysis of the Anti-corruption Division of the High Court of Uganda
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Contesting Uganda's legislative homophobia in the African court on human and peoples' rights: Substantive and procedural challenges
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)In many societies, a division between genders exist. This differentiation is attributed to a patriarchal culture which creates gender norms in sexualities.1 A set of cultural practices and expectations exist; these cultural ... -
Corruption and the judiciary: A critical study of Uganda
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Corruption, or ‘the abuse of entrusted power for private gain’,1 has been identified by the World Bank as one of the greatest obstacles to economic and social development.2 In Uganda, widespread corruption limits access ... -
Decentralisation in Uganda : a critical review of its role in deepening democracy, facilitating development and accommodating diversity
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)Uganda, like many African countries in the 1990s, adopted decentralisation as a state reform measure after many years of civil strife and political conflicts, by transferring powers and functions to district councils. The ... -
Examining the use of transitional justice mechanisms to redress gross violations of human rights and international crimes in the northern Uganda conflict
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Uganda and her citizens have endured a troubled, violent, conflict-prone history since independence from the British on 9th October 1962. Conflict in Uganda, just like in many an African country, has its primary root ... -
The investigation and prosecution of corruption in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)This study analyzed the investigation and prosecution of corruption in Uganda. The study assessed the phenomena of corruption and how it can create an unjust society. It also examined the legal framework governing the ... -
The legal status of evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The Constitution 1995 of the Republic of Uganda is silent on how to admit evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda. The decided cases are inconsistent in the way courts have dealt with this evidence. ... -
Life Imprisonment in International Criminal Tribunals and Selected African Jurisdictions - Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda.
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)The study has three major aims: To give a detailed discussion of the question of punishment and the three major theories or objectives of punishment – retribution, deterrence and rehabilitation, from a philosophical point ... -
Life imprisonment in international criminal tribunals and selected African jurisdictions - Mauritius, South Africa and Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)It is rare in law and in other disciplines for a word or a phrase to appear to mean what it does not. This is, however, true when it comes to life imprisonment or life sentence. I Unlike sentences like the death penalty, ... -
Progress and challenges of implementing the Rome statute of the international criminal court in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The aim of this study is the coming into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was a thriving success for the international community insofar as that it contributed greatly to international criminal ... -
Progress and Challenges of Implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The study objective has been to examine the progress and challenges of implementing the Rome Statute in Uganda and to what extent the substantive provisions of the Rome Statute are implemented by the International Criminal ... -
Progress and challenges of implementing the Rome statute of the international criminal court in Uganda
(2012)The coming into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (hereafter “Rome Statute”) in July 20022 was a thriving success for the international community insofar as that it contributed greatly to ... -
Uganda's response to the phenomenon of enforced disappearances and the transitional justice response in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Enforced disappearances are a heinous violation of numerous human rights enshrined in many international conventions. However, they have not been adequately addressed in many jurisdictions. This crime is very common ... -
Uganda's response to the phenomenon of enforced disappearances and the transitional justice response in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Enforced disappearances are a heinous violation of numerous human rights enshrined in many international conventions. However, they have not been adequately addressed in many jurisdictions. This crime is very common within ... -
The Ugandan transit constraints in Kenya and possible Ugandan claims under the agreements of the East Africa Community and the GATT Agreement 1994
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)The problems connected with transit of goods also have been mostly neglected in the respective literature so far: In most books about the law of the WTO, Article V of GATT 1994 has been left out completely or reference is ... -
Women's access to land in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The thesis analysed the Ugandan policy and legal framework on women’s land rights vis-à-vis the regional and international legal and policy framework, to identify the gaps, progress and the way forward. Four objectives ...