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The Role Of International Actors In Promoting Rule Of Law In Uganda, Joseph M. Isanga
The Role Of International Actors In Promoting Rule Of Law In Uganda, Joseph M. Isanga
Joseph Isanga
African conflicts have been caused in part by regimes that do not respect democracy. Uganda is an illustrative case. International actors have played along under an undeclared policy of constructive engagement, but this has essentially served only to delay democratic evolution. As a result, Ugandan leaders have become increasingly autocratic. In such circumstances, reliance on the military and personal rule based on patronage--as opposed to democracy and the rule of law-have become critically important in governance. Yet forceful measures often only beget forceful reactions. The best hope for democracy is for courts to enforce the will of the people as …
Do We Have An Independent Judiciary?, Dr. Zahidul Islam Biswas
Do We Have An Independent Judiciary?, Dr. Zahidul Islam Biswas
Dr. Zahidul Islam
Despite a constitutional mandate for separation of judiciary from the executive organs of the state, until 2009 the subordinate courts in Bangladesh remained formally subject to executive control with magistrates performing the dual role of executive officer of the government as well as that of a judicial officer. In 1999, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgment in Secretary, Ministry of Finance v Masdar Hossain (20 BLD (2000) AD 141) re-affirming the constitutional mandate for independence of the judiciary and laid out a roadmap to achieve separation of the judiciary from the executive with respect to …