The Realisation Of The Right To Fair Hearing In The Judicial System Of Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Dedication ....................................................................................... ii APPROVAL ............................................................................................ iii LIST OF STATUTES .................................................................... iv DOMESTIC STATUTES ...................................................................... iv INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ................................................... iv CHAPTER ONE .....................................,,,,,,,,,,................................. I INTR 0 D U CTI ON .............................................................................. I 1.0 Background .................................................................................... I 1.0.1 The notion of fair hearing under the in the Uganda before the !995 constitution ..................................................... 5 1.0.2 The evolution of tile notion of judicial independence .................................................................. 7                                        1.2 Prob !em statement ..................................................................... 8 I .3 Objectives of the study .......................................................... 8 1.4 Research questions .................................................................... 8 1.5 Purpose of study .......................................................................... 9 1.6 Scope of the study ....................................................................... 9 1.6 Challenges faced by the researcher during research ....................................................................... 9                                      I. 7 Research Methodology ............................................................ ! 0 I. 7.0 Introduction ............................................................................. I 0 I. 7 .I Research Design ................................................................... I 0 1.7.2 Data Sources ............................................................................ 1 0 I . 7.3 Data collection Techniques .................................................. I 0 I. 7.4 Data Processing and Analysi................................................. I 0 1.8 Significance of the study .......................................................... II 1.9.0 Ethical Considerations .......................................................... 11 CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................................ 12 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 12 2 .I FAIR HEARING ........................................................................................................................... I 2 2. I .I The I ega I provision for the right to fair hearing ......................................................................... 13 2. I .2 Components of fair hearing ........................................................................................................ I 4 2 .2. 0 Judiciary ..................................................................................................................................... I 8 2.2.1 Historical evolution of the concept of independence of the judicimy ........................................ 18 2.3 .0 Constitutionality of the judiciary ................................................................................................ 20