UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI FACULTY OF LAW XXX LLB II 2003 JUDICIAL REVIEW LECTURE NOTES JUDICIAL REVIEW Lecture 1 Judicial Review is the process through which an aggrieved person can find redress in a Court of Law. Judicial Review forms part of administrative law because it is the most appropriate way that an aggrieved party aggrieved by an administrative body can find redress. Reading Material 1. Brian Thompson – Text Book on Constitutional and Administrative Law 2nd Edition 1995. 2. Peter
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What is the role played in contract law by the doctrine of consideration 1. Controversies and challenges of consideration. For a contract promise to be enforceable‚ that promise must normally be supported by consideration. Any contractual promise must be supported by consideration unless an exception applies. A promise will be supported by consideration if it’s given as part of a bargain or exchange rather than a gift. Second‚ the promiser or 3rd party should receive some act forbearance
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Nuclear doctrine: Doctrine is Latin word Doctrnia--- thought or advocate Doctrine is a set of principles formulated and applied for a specific purpose working towards a desired goal or aim A Nuclear doctrine consists of a set of principles‚ rules and instructions for the employment or non-employment of nuclear weapons and other systems associated with these weapons. Dimensions: 1. It is not permanent and change according to military and political situation of the country 2. Change according
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The doctrine of the mean states that for someone to be a good person they must occupy the “golden mean‚” meaning a person may become virtuous by acting between the extremes of excess and deficiency. For example during war‚ the two extremes would be for a soldier to be rash or cowardly‚ but being courageous is the accepted golden mean. According to Aristotle‚ virtue lies in between the two extremes‚ which are the vices‚ and thus a virtuous person is one who can find the mean that is relative to
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2/19/2013 The Bush Doctrine The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe different ideas related to US foreign policy that the US held in the Bush’s administration. In the doctrine‚ it states America has a right to attack or go to war with any country that is a potential threat before the threat can do grave damage. It also describes that if any country harbor or supports terrorism‚ they will be treated as terrorists. The Bush Doctrine was the new American security strategy to prevent terrorists
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Doctrine of Privity What is doctrine of privity? Third parties do not have any rights in a contract due to doctrine of privity. Only parties contracted to each other can enforce an agreement Dunlop v Selfridge “Only a person who is a party to a contract can sue on it.. Our law knows nothing of a jus quaesitum tertio (rights on account of third parties) arising by way of contract “ as per Viscount Haldane Dunlop sued Selfridge and stated that Selfridge was bound by their term that they have
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Daniel Perez December 1‚ 2012 U.S. History Truman Doctrine World War II was a brutal international war that included the great powers of the world which are claimed to be The United States‚ Germany‚ USSR‚ Great Britain‚ Italy and Japan. The war lasted 6 long years‚ but in 1945 Germany and Japan both surrendered to The United States therefore terminating the devastating war. This drastic defeat resulted in The United States and the USSR to emerge as the super powers of the world‚ which then
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AP Government Chapter 14 The Judiciary The Judicial System operates at all three levels of government (municipal‚ state‚ federal) Most cases are heard in municipal or state courts (criminal and civil suits) Trial Courts—jury or judge decides a case Appellate Courts—review cases if there are matters of legal procedure or law at issue State Supreme Court—another review if no satisfactory decision (sometimes called state court of last resort) Most municipal and state judges run for election
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The Doctrine of Ethos states that music effects character and emotion of man by way of morals or ethics. It was arranged into certain scales‚ each with a certain characteristic. Specific scales were said to be able to inspire rage or sadness. Some were said to inspire happiness‚ and one was even said to weaken the mind due to its simplicity. Greek music‚ of which the Doctrine of Ethos specifically talked about‚ wasn ’t just solely instrumental. Improvising‚ they usually incorporated lyrics and
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In the famous Monroe Doctrine‚ from December 2‚ 1823 during the period in which James Monroe took the presidency‚ John Quincy Adams advised Monroe to lay out an independent course for the United States of America‚ declaring four major points to address to congress. He made four basic statements: the U.S. shall not interfere with European affairs‚ shall not interfere with existing European colonies in the western hemisphere‚ other nations shall not form new colonies in the western hemisphere‚ and
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