Browsing PER: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal by Subject "Uganda"
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Decentralisation in Africa: a critical review of Uganda's experience
(2012)Since the rise to power of the Movement government under the leadership of Yoweri Museveni in 1986, Uganda has largely been show-cased as an emerging democracy on the continent. Among other things, Museveni's regime has ... -
The legal status of evidence obtained through human rights violations in Uganda
(2016)The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, 1995 is silent on the issue of dealing with evidence obtained through human rights violations. This silence dates to the earlier Constitutions of 1962, 1966 and 1967. It is only ... -
The resonance of colonial era customary codes in contemporary Uganda
(PER/PELJ, 2019)Colonial era codifications of customary law – especially those codified in indigenous first languages – have a resilient capacity to form and inform living customary law. In the context of Mukono District, Uganda, modern ... -
The Trial of Civilians Before Courts Martial in Uganda : Analysing the Jurisprudence of Ugandan Courts in the Light of the Drafting History of Articles 129(1)(d) and 21 0(a) of the Constitution
(PER/PELJ, 2022)Unlike in the constitutions of other African countries such as Botswana and Lesotho, where the relationship between the High Court and courts martial is stipulated, the Ugandan Constitution 1995 (the Constitution) does not ...