This book is an updated version of A Handbook on Criminal Procedure in Kenya. It is written as a handbook to be resorted to for quick reference. At the same time, it provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject. The book covers most of the key areas of Criminal Procedure that interest the student, the practitioner, the magistrate, the judge, and the academic.
The publication is a collection of essays on the legal policy and institutional system for devolution in Kenya. The book contributors evaluate the prospects and challenges presented by the Kenyan system of devolution with regard to various governance issues including the nature of intergovernmental relations between the organs and institutions of the national and county governments, opportunities for distributive justice in the allocation of resources, and prospects for public participation in governance, among others. Important comparative lessons, from jurisdictions such as South Africa, are taken into account.
This book is the first succinct presentation of the Judicial Review of Administrative Action. It is written specifically for Bachelor of Law students. However, practicing Lawyers, Magistrates and Judges will find it useful.
This book provides an in-depth assessment of the interface between constitutionalism and Kenya’s new Constitution. Focusing on the historical trajectory on the search for a new Constitution, Chapter One lays the groundwork upon which the fault line between constitutionalism and the issue areas are articulated in the other chapters in relation to the new Constitution. The superb chapters on the carefully selected issue areas, make this edited volume an essential read. The book makes an important contribution to the evolving constitutionalism and policy clarification on Kenya’s new Constitution. It is a welcome and timely intervention by legal scholars and practitioners on the new constitution and the challenges facing Kenya in its implementation.
