Journal of Comparative Law

Islamic University In Uganda Journal of Comparative Law

Islamic University In Uganda (Faculty of Law,Islamic University In Uganda, 2019)

Restorative justice in Nigeria

Ijaiya, Hakeem (Journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

The purpose of this paper is to consider theoretical and practical issues in relation to the notion of Restorative justice with particular reference to the Nigerian context. The paper will begin with an analysis of the ...

The women's human rights in the war zone: a case study of Nothern Uganda

Nakitto, Saida (journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

Northern Uganda is composed of 16 districts and by 2003 it had a population of 6.5 million people that represented 35% of the Ugandan population, which is now estimated at 31 million. The Acholi region, parts of lango and ...

A critical overview of the Jurisprudence and the applicability of the american plea bargaining system in Nigeria

Ogar, Edward E. (journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

Once systems of criminal procedure absent from the Nigerian Law and which has been consistently applied in the United States of America despite strong opposition from all quarters is the plea bargaining system. The American ...

A comparative analysis of the defence of intoxication under common and islamic laws

Ijaiya, N.A.O (journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

A comparative analysis of the defence of intoxication under both Common and Islamic Laws has been a very challenging and interesting discussion. This essay is set out to examine what is intoxication as defined by the ...

A comparative analysis of the rights of a child under the Nigerian and ugandan laws

Ijaiya, Bashir Leke; Nayiga, Sauda; Mbajja, Rukia (journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

The joy of every parent is to bear and have children; this is because this life will appear to be worthless if a man born of a woman could not in turn reproduce and procreate to have his own children too. it is a blessing ...

Reappraising the status and role of the Company secretary in Contemporary corporate practice

Ogar, Edward. E (Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)

The role of the Company Secretary in contemporary corporate practice cannot be overemphasized, particularly with the professionalization and legislation or statutory recognition of the office of the Company Secretary in ...

The need for banking sector reforms and consolidation in uganda: a conceptual and legal framework

Musa, Yusuf Abdul R.; Tukur, Kabiru Isa (Journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

The financial landscape, especially the banking sector, is under immense pressure from the global market place of financial services, for the need to provide adequate and cheap capital, competitive technology, and robust ...

police reforms in nigeria

Ijaiya, Hakim (journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

Reforms can be defined as Change that is made to a social system, an organization et cetera in order to improve or correct it. The essence of reforms is to bring about a positive change, which will either result in improvement ...

succession and will under islamic law

Jimeta, Abbo U.S.; Da'ud, K.A. (journal of comparative law, 2008-01)

The place of women before the coming of Sharia in all the societies in the world was sympathetic, as they were seen and treated as chattels, and their personal consent in matters affecting their well-being was considered ...

The impact of the Domestic Relations Bill 2003 on the Islamic Institution of Marriage.

Kamal, Alhaji. Dauda; Nakitto, Saidat (Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)

The whole of Uganda sometime in 2005 reacted to the Domestic Relations Bill 2003 on the basis that it lacks both religious and cultural morals; the same bill is to be retable before the parliament, 3despite all protests. ...

Electronic evidence: a case for reform of the law of Evidence in Uganda

Namukasa, Aisha (Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)

The Law of evidence deals with evidence of information that tends to prove a fact in court. It is the duty of Judges to admit or reject evidential material depending on whether the items are relevant or whether the law of ...

Case Management

Wolimbwa, Paul. Gadenya (Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)

Case management is the process through which a case passes through commencement (filling) to completion. It is thus a system which ensuring that once cases are commenced in the courts and become defended (or even if not ...

The place and role of the International Criminal jurisdictions in relation to National Domestic courts with regard to the principles of primacy and complementarity

Tumwine, William (Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)

The end of the Cold War 16 years ago marked a major shift in the development of international law. The need to address the ever-increasing culture of impunity and prevent future commission of atrocities made the international ...

Salient effect of Maliki's solution to the problem of 'Grandfather and collaterals in competition'

Ismael, Saka. Ismael (Journal of Comparative Law, 2007-07)

This paper is a critical analysis of the solution adopted by the Maliki school of Law to solve the knotty problem of “grandfather and collaterals in competition” in Islamic Law of Intestate Succession. It examines the ...

Trade Liberalisation or Trade colonisation? An extraction of the politics in policies of the World Trade Organisation (WHO) on African Economy

OLOKOOBA, S.M (Journal of Comparative Law, 2009-01)

After the World War II, the clamour for a forum or Organisation that would serve as a platform for negotiating trade agreement and trade rules increased tremendously. This urge was what gave birth to the General Agreement ...