Speaker of the Senate & another v Hon. Attorney-General & another & 3 others [2013] eKLR REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYAAT NAIROBI (Coram: Mutunga‚ CJ;Rawal‚ DCJ;Tunoi‚ Ibrahim‚ Ojwang‚ Wanjala&Ndungu‚ SCJJ‚) ADVISORY OPINION REFERENCE NO. 2 OF 2013 -BETWEEN- 1. THE SPEAKER OF THE SENATE …………......APPLICANTS 2. THE SENATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA -AND- 1. THE HON. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ..INTERESTED PARTIES 2. THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 1. THE LAW
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the jury system Advantages of the Jury System Long established trial by peers which has public confidence Lord Devlin‚ a famous House of Lords judge‚ has said that trial by jury is the “lamp that shows that freedom lives”‚ arguing that a defendant has the right to be tried by his peers. Supporters of this view maintain that a jury will exercise common sense rather than slavishly follow the law. For example the case of R v Wang W was charged with having an article
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the two bodies dates back to the commencement of the constitution‚ within one and a half year‚ the legislature amended the constitution so that certain important judicial decisions could not come into effect. Phiroze K. Irani proposes to deal with the clashes between the legislative and the judiciary from three aspects. First‚ the judicial approach to the legislation especially in the public welfare field. Focusing the public welfare‚ sometimes legislature has to pass certain bills and make certain
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Foreign Branch Meaning of Foreign Branches: Foreign branches are independent branches which are operating in foreign countries. Accounting in respect of Foreign Branches: Accounting in respect of foreign branches is done in the books of the branch as well as in the books of the Head Office. Accounting at Branch: As the foreign branch is an independent branch‚ it keeps a complete set of books on the double entry system‚ prepares all the necessary accounts including the account of
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Introduction: What is Law: Functions of the Law: -A code for the regulation of people’s conduct. -To provide a means for enforcing the rules prohibiting anti-social conduct. -To provide a process for resolving disputes. -Social control: a deterrent to certain kinds of behaviour. -Structured systems of rules – regulation of different areas of life such as commerce. -Community welfare- taxation‚ income supports. -Enforcement of moral or ethical standards? – is it illegal to tell a lie?
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each other. There are two legal entities in this state that can do such judicial review (uji materiil) to our laws. The first entity is the Supreme Court. Supreme Court is the entity that can do judicial review to the regulation below law‚ for example Supreme Court can review regional regulation. Then the second entity that can do judicial review toward the law also is Constitutional Court. Constitutional Court can do judicial review when there’s a clash between the law and the constitution. In practicing
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan‚ 1973 for Leave to Appeal against Judgment dated 26.06.2007 of the Honorable Balochistan High Court passed in Writ Petition No. 892 of 2006 vide which judgment the writ petition filed by the petitioners was dismissed JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS OF THE HONORABLE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN AND INDIAN SUPREME COURT ON TRANSPARENCY/COMPETITION IN THE REALM OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS A. Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan 1. PLD 2006 SC 697 (Pakistan Steel Mills case – Watan
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contexts‚ one of the most ancient being the olive branch. The symbol of the dove and olive branch was used by early Christians and was later adopted as a secular symbol. It was popularized by Pablo Picasso in 1949 and became widely used in the post-war peace movement. In the 20th century the peace sign was adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The V hand signal and the peace flag became international peace symbols. The Olive branch has been used as a symbol for peace and goodwill for
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A constitutional principles that I saw was evident while completing this activity was judicial review. I came to realize that the government was the one enforcing the age limit‚ therefore it could not be Limited Government. In my case‚ I wish we had popular sovereignty so that we would all be able to drink at whatever age we desired. There have been states to change their age limit on drinking which is judicial review‚ for the only way they could have been changed within the states is by going based
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country so that they don’t become too powerful and create tyranny. The second guard against tyranny was separation of powers which means that the government is separated into separate branches so that they can spread out the power so that one branch of government can have more pull in what happen in the decisions made for the well-being of the country. One way that the documents show the way that the constitution uses the separation of powers to guard against tyranny is when it has
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