Family Law Digest book critiques the inconsistency of our courts’ decisions as regards the division of matrimonial property. In a nutshell, this digest is a review of the decisions of Kenyan courts when faced with the question of the determination of inter-spousal property rights.
This book helps in identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision-making, including each step of a course of action that begins with an analysis of the facts of a problem and concludes with the application and communication of the results of the investigation. It also covers sources of the law; both primary and secondary and information from these sources that affect legally sound conclusions on the subject.
This book identifies a number of important characteristics of professions. First, that a professional must be disciplined. Second, a professional must adhere to certain ethical standards that are accepted as binding on all members of that profession. When one elects to become a member of the bar, one becomes a member of the legal profession, and as a member of the legal profession, one voluntarily submits to the rules of professional conduct that govern the way in which members of the legal profession are expected to behave and conduct their business. This is a reminder to anyone who would like to join any profession as this rule cuts across all professions in the world.
