This text broadly and comprehensively covers the area of the law of succession in Kenya. It exposes the substantive succession legal regime applying in Kenya as well as the Kenyan probate practice by way of case law and materials. It is tailored specifically for the legal practitioner, the Magistrate, and Judge, and the law student.
This textbook is an authoritative, comprehensive, and highly readable introduction to the law of evidence in Kenya. It is a systematic and balanced commentary on the Evidence Act Cap 80 written with great clarity and conciseness. In the second edition, the content has been extensively reviewed to capture the latest amendment to the Evidence Act. The book has integrated extracts from key judgments, academic articles, and books that will help you analyze case law effectively.
Accounting has for long been a fascinating, if not a professional issue for many. The term accounting conjures the image of an accountant which is largely contributed by the traditional stance that accounts is and can only be prepared by an accountant. The 21st century has in its wake reinforced the need for professionals generally to be accountable enhancing the need to learn basics accounting procedures. Accountability is an essential aspect of the practice of law. It is critical that a practicing lawyer manage the firm in a transparent manner. This book seeks to bridge a gap in ideology between the practice of law and accountancy. The author draws from her knowledge and experience both as a lawyer and accountant.
This book seeks to introduce the reader to the concept and principles of marriage in Tanzania by particularly blending legal norms and practices leading to matrimonial relations. It also examines the jurisprudence ensuing from the law of marriage as well as the existing marriage dispute resolution mechanism. This book is useful to students of law, legal practitioners and academics, sociologists, marriage counselors, and members of the general public.
This is essentially a sourcebook on the Law of Evidence in which the major decisions of the Sierra Leone Courts on the subject and local statutory enactments are collected in one secondary source. The cases presented in this compendium comprehensively discuss the legal issues that they deal with. The narrative of the cases is limited to the material facts of the cases and the reasoning of the Court pertaining to the principles of law under discussion and unnecessary prolixity is avoided. Further analysis of the reported cases is furnished by the inclusion of notes, and cases from other jurisdictions to assist the reader in his comprehension of the subject.
This book is set against the background that the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1989 and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) in 1990 has revolutionized the perception of childhood and children’s rights the world over. Until then, children’s rights were seen as falling within the domain of charity, and children were treated like they were property or chattel of their parents. It is a sound foundation for streamlining the rights and protection of children in the East African countries through law both now and in the future. It will also serve as a resource material in the area of child rights and law, not only in East Africa but also across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Corporate Secretarial Practice in Kenya Today is a practical guide to the core functions and responsibilities of a Company Secretary and, therefore, the secretarial function in present-day Kenya. This handbook covers company secretarial duties as laid down by statute, common law, and good practice. The company secretarial docket is a core corporate function and a key element in the successful management and fulfillment of an institution’s strategic plans and company secretarial regulatory framework and regime. This handbook is in itself a complete procedural guide to the best practice in the fulfillment of the legal and procedural regime governing companies under the Kenyan Companies Act.
In this book, the late author F. J. Ayume attempts to explain the practical working of the substantive criminal law in Uganda by examining procedures laid down in various statutes and judicial pronouncements in an intelligible manner thus making reference easy especially to students.
This Dictionary is not limited to criminological or sociological concepts alone. Just like any academic discipline, it covers other areas of social studies such as law, economics, and politics. The dictionary covers some areas that, to the average reader, are least related to law and crime; but to the specialist, even the least likely entry, like race, tribe, and democracy is, in some remote way, linked to the incidence of crime, delinquency or deviance.
This text is a digest of decided cases at the Industrial Court. It exposes the ratio decidendi in each and every decided case with the aim of guiding the Industrial law practitioners and litigants on all aspects of the current industrial jurisprudence and practice. This text is relevant as a reference book to those interested in labour law.
This book consists of the new labour law in Tanzania’. It contains interesting contributions drawing together a wide range of labour law pedigree influence by two major sets of colonial legacy, German and British. It is an analysis of labour legislation in Tanzania in context’, focusing on historical and contemporary developments in labour law. It offers comprehensive coverage of the entire spectrum of the new employment and labour relations law in Tanzania.
Employment Law Guide for Employers provides a succinct account of employment law and industrial relations law from the employer’s perspective. The work is written in plain and engaging style making it easy for employers and all other persons to grasp the new developments in employment law and how the Industrial Court has interpreted the various provisions of law. This book provides the principal ideas and developments in both the statute and case law that are indispensable to every employer. Apart from employers, it is a suitable text for lawyers, law students, and employees.
The text provides an overview of equitable principles and links this with the maxims of equity and distinction between equitable and legal interests. This is followed by consideration of the assignment of equitable interests and an analysis of the major equitable remedies, including injunction, specific performance, rescission, rectification, order for an account, and delivery up and cancellation of documents. Although of limited relevance in modern times, the doctrines of equity which comprise election, satisfaction, performance, and, to a limited extent, conversion are also examined. The general treatment of equity is followed by a specialist analysis of the concept of trust, which is regarded as the largest manifestation of equity.
This is a book of essays on significant themes of the Land Law of Tanzania. The author’s argument is that law is an effective instrument for the articulation and implementation of state policies and political objectives. Throughout history, the land policy and land tenure were devised in order to facilitate plantation agriculture and peasant agriculture. In that pursuit, the state has consistently vested in itself extensive supervisory powers over land.
Written in a clear, concise, and engaging style this book presents the entire criminal process in a simple, yet authoritative and informative way. The core principles that underpin the criminal procedure, their rationale, and assumptions are well articulated and critiqued. In addition, the book presents by way of illustration a comprehensive range of the latest local judicial decisions. The author’s triple heritage as a defense lawyer, state prosecutor, and university lecturer makes the book stand out as well-informed and balanced work. More importantly, the author presents some practical proposals for reform of the criminal procedure, informed not in the least by the dictates of our new Constitution.
