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The constitution of Kenya : contemporary readings /
The Constitution of Kenya: Contemporary Reading, provides an in-depth assessment of the interface between constitutionalism and Kenya's new Constitution. Focusing on the historical trajectory on the search for a new Constitution, Chapter One lays the groundwork upon which the fault line between...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Nairobi, Kenya :
LawAfrica Pub.,
[2011]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; DEDICATION; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF ACRONYMS; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF STATUTES; TABLE OF TREATIES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE
- A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME IN SEARCH OF ANEW CONSTITUTION; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE KENYAN CONSTITUTION AT INDEPENDENCE; 2.1 THE PHASE BETWEEN 1897 AND 1905; 2.2 THE PHASE BETWEEN 1905 AND 1923; 2.3 THE PHASE BETWEEN 1924 AND 1954; 2.4 THE PHASE BETWEEN 1954 AND 1960; 2.5 THE PHASE BETWEEN 1960 AND 1963.
- 3 THE KENYAN CONSTITUTION IN THE POST-INDEPENDENCE ERA: A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN KENYA; 4 CONTEMPORARY CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS; 5 CONCLUSION; CHAPTER TWO
- CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE RULE OF LAW UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL DISPENSATION; 3 THE QUESTION OF LEGITIMACY; 4 RULE OF LAW IN THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL DISPENSATION; 5 CONCLUSION; CHAPTER THREE -THE BILL OF RIGHTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: GENERAL STRUCTURE AND SALIENT FEATURES OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS; 2 SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
- 2.1 RIGHT TO LIFE 2.2 EQUALITY AND FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION; 2.3 HUMAN DIGNITY; 2.4 FREEDOM AND SECURITY OF THE PERSON; 2.5 SLAVERY, SERVITUDE AND FORCED LABOUR; 2.6 PRIVACY; 2.7 FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE, RELIGION, BELIEF AND OPINION; 2.8 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; 2.9 FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA; 2.10 FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION; 2.11 ASSEMBLY, DEMONSTRATION, PICKETING AND PETITION; 2.12 POLITICAL RIGHTS; 2.13 FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE; 2.14 RIGHT TO PROPERTY; 2.15 LABOUR RELATIONS RIGHTS; 2.16 RIGHT TO CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT; 2.17 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS.
- 2.18 FAMILY RELATED RIGHTS 2.19 CONSUMER RIGHTS; 2.20 JUSTICE RELATED RIGHTS; 2.21 RIGHTS OF SPECIAL GROUPS; 3 CONCLUSION; CHAPTER FOUR -GENDER EQUALITY; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 BACKGROUND; 3 GENDER AND LAW IN THE PRE-2007 CONSTITUTIONAL DISPENSATION; 3.1 POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING; 3.2 PROPERTY RELATIONS; 3.2.1 ACQUISITION AND OWNERSHIP; 3.2.2 INHERITANCE; 3.3 CUSTOMARY LAW AND PRACTICES; 3.4 INEQUALITIES IN MARRIAGE; 3.5 MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY; 3.6 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS; 3.7 SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; 3.8 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
- 4 GENDER EQUALITY IN THE NEW CONSTITUTION; 4.1 GENERAL FRAMEWORK; 4.2 FUNDAMENTAL VALUES OF THE STATE; 4.3 THE BILL OF RIGHTS; 4.3.1 GENERALLY; 4.3.2 NON-DISCRIMINATION; 4.4 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS; 4.5 PROPERTY RELATIONS INCLUDING MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY; 4.6 POLITICAL REPRESENTATION; 4.6.1 GENERALLY; 4.6.2 PRINCIPLES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM; 4.6.3 POLITICAL PARTY FRAMEWORK; 4.6.4 STRUCTURES OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION; 4.6.5 REPRESENTATION IN APPOINTIVE BODIES; 4.7 APPLICATION, LIMITATION, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTION; 5 GENDER EQUALITY IN CONTEXT.