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A human rights based approach to oil resources management : reflecting on the right to property in Buliisa District
(Makerere University, 2021)Oil resources management in this context, refers to all interventions undertaken by the state to ensure that all stakeholders at the different stages of oil production are catered for. The dissertation examines the right ... -
Access to gender justice in Uganda : a feminist analysis of the experience of victims of rape in the reporting and prosecution processes
(Makerere University, 2022)This study is a feminist analysis of how victims of rape experience the criminal justice system as they report and prosecute cases and the impact that this has on their access to justice. Anchored in feminist theory, the ... -
Towards legal certainty in Uganda’s commercial adjudication : managing the tension between formalism and flexibility
(University of Exeter, 2019)This study examines the possibility of managing the tension between formalism and flexibility in Uganda’s commercial adjudication. Using content analysis of the country’s commercial ‘hard cases’, the study reveals the ... -
The efficacy of local council courts in the administration of justice: a case study of nansana municipality-wakiso district
(Makerere University, 2022-03-06)This research assessed the “Efficacy of Local Council Courts in Administration of Justice; A Case Study of Nansana Municipality - Wakiso District”. In Uganda the Local Council Courts were established to bring justice closer ... -
Victim or perpetrator - a critical analysis of the laws on rights of children involved in armed conflict : a case study of the Dominic Ongwen case
(Makerere University, 2022)This dissertation analyses the effectiveness of the laws on the protection on the rights of children taking part in armed conflicts in Uganda, putting in mind child soldiers whether they are the victims or perpetrators of ... -
Criminal liability of former child abductees under International Criminal Law : a case of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
(Makerere University, 2021)The study examines child soldiers/abductees and their criminal liability under International Criminal Law and the Rome Statute. The study looks at the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) as a case study for understanding the ... -
Critical analysis of the legal control of misconduct by undercover law enforcement agents in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2022-04)The study examined the legal control of misconduct by undercover law enforcement officers. The general objective of the study was to assess the adequacy of the legal controls in place in Uganda in preventing, deterring, ... -
Application of mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method: a case study of the commercial division of the High Court of Uganda.
(Makerere University, 2019)This study examined the application of mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method in Uganda particularly in the High Court Commercial Division. The study specifically sought to; i) examine the application of ... -
An assessment of the legal regime governing the mining industry in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12)The overall objective of this study was to assess the legal regime governing the mining industry in Uganda. The study was guided by the following three research questions: (i) How effective are the laws and policies ... -
The right of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities to contest for political office in Uganda: a critical analysis
(Makerere University, 2022-01)The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (The Universal Declaration) declares that human beings are born free and are equal in rights and dignity. Notwithstanding this ‘declaration,’ certain rights of persons with ... -
Media law and policy in Uganda. An appraisal on legal and policy issues in journalism in Uganda
(Jescho Publishing House, 2022)The word "media" is adopted from the plural of the Latin word "medium". To mean news, entertainment, education, data and promotional messages are sent world-wide through this type of communication channels. Every broadcasting ... -
An assessment of the effectiveness of the legal and institutional framework for air pollution control in Kampala
(Makerere University, 2021)This study evaluated the effectiveness of the legal and institutional framework for air pollution control in Kampala. It was guided by the central research question of “how effective is the legal and institutional framework ... -
Law on professional malpractice in Uganda
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)Professional malpractice refers to negligence or misdeeds by many professionals such as doctors, dentists, chiropractors, optometrists, nurses’ architects, engineers. Professional misconduct seems to be a topic in daily ... -
A critical analysis of the impact of the computer misuse act on freedom of expression in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-12-20)Previous research has sharply criticised the Computer Misuse Act, 2011 (CMA), thereby making it appear as if it was enacted to suppress enjoyment of the right to freedom of expression. With the aim of establishing whether ... -
The law of sports and entertainment in Uganda
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)Sports can be defined as institutionalized competitive activity which involves two or more opponents and stresses physical exertion by serious competitors who represent or are part of formally organized associations. ... -
Cyber law in Uganda
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)Cyber law is the law governing the internet and all digital transactions carried out thereon. Cyber law is indeed one of the novel areas of the legal system. This is because internet technology develops at such a rapid ... -
The law of oil and gas in Uganda
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)The history of petroleum from 1859 up to about 1960 is inseparable from that of the big oil companies which formed and grew rapidly in order to seek, produce, transform, transport and sell this precious liquid. The first ... -
A legal analysis of the Right to Water in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-11)This study examines the domestic implementation of the right to water in Uganda. In this respect, the researcher set about on establishing and investigating: the international, regional and domestic legal framework on the ... -
Law of forensics : a proof beyond the shadow of doubt
(Jescho Publishing House, 2021)Everything is a self-portrait, a diary, your whole drug history’s in a strand of your hair. Your fingernails the forensic details the lining of your stomach is a document. The calluses on your hand tell all your secrets. ... -
Obuntu-bulamu and the law : an extra textual aid statutory interpretation tool
(Jescho Publishing House, 2020)There is a patriotic obligation on all of us not to allow our Constitution and the idea of respect for human rights and dignity to s1ide into such disrepute. The debate over whether or not Obuntu-bulamu can be translated ...
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