Research Papers/Topics in Civil Law

Contracts Research Paper

The research paper discusses hypothecation and Pledge In this case, the techniques of pledge and hypothecation can be employed to obtain contractual obligations and offer certain advantages. The primary focus of this paper is the need for a full analysis and comparison of these two techniques with regard to their application in real-world scenarios, their legal implications, and their impact on the enforceability of contracts. 

Issues in Traffic Law Administration in Nigeria

Abstract This work examined issues in traffic law administration in Nigeria. The paper traced the historical origin of the promulgation of traffic laws and establishment of traffic agencies in Nigeria. The study revealed that there are not only multiplicity of offenses and punishments in different statutory provisions in Nigeria, but that different agencies perform the same trac functions like arrest and prosecution with high chances of conflict of duties and without certainty where to draw t...

Duties of an In-house Counsel

Introduction The Legal Profession has come a long way. It is a profession that cannot exist without references to its rich history. The past, is as important as its present, because events that shapes its history are still serving not just as a guide to current legal happenings but may possibly inuence its future. From the humble beginning of the orators of ancient Athens, the legal profession has grown to what it currently is. It is one of the oldest profession, highly regulated and based o...

Legal Implications Associated with Participating in Social Media Groups

Abstract The emergence of social media platforms has contributed to making the world a global village. Social media as a means of communication has raised and thrown up legal issues relating to its administration and use generally. The issues consist of information management, privacy, liability of users and possible litigation there on. Further, such post could raise issues like libel, defamation and other several legal violations which may be intended or not necessarily deliberate. Attempts...

Analysis of the Efficacy of the Application of Summary Procedure Against the Ugandan Government

The study will map out the aspect of summary procedure against the Ugandan government. Trial as a rule must precede judgment but under summary procedure there is a judgment and never a trial. For long the government and scheduled corporations were protected from summary procedure until judicial activism opened the flood gates permitting summary suits to be brought against the scheduled corporations. This study will trace the growth and development of the use of summary procedure in the expedi...

Land Evictions and the Quest for Land Justice in Uganda

Land in Uganda is the most important natural resource. Had the British not colonized Uganda may be the Ugandan land administration policy would be different and issues of land evictions would not have been an issue. The 1900 Buganda Agreement had far future resounding impacts that continue to be felt till now. Land evictions being one of those. The agreement disposed the lay people off their land who became squatters in their own land. The land Act of 1998 as amended whereas it introduced the...

"A Legal Analysis of the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol and Its Relevance to Uganda with Specific Emphasis On the Clean Development Mechanism"

TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION ..................................................................................................... iAPPROVAL ............................................................................................................ iiDEDICATION ....................................................................................................... iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................... ivLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ....

The Relevance of Copyright Law to Ugandan Music Industry in Curbing Infringement

Table of ContentsDECLARATION ........................................................................................................................ iAPPROVAL .............................................................................................................................. iiDEDICATION .......................................................................................................................... iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..........................................................

An Examination of the Role of Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in Armed Conflict Situations: A Case Study of South Sudan

ABSTRACT The abbreviation ADR stand for Alternative Dispute Resolution. Basically on the abstract about this research, is to examine the role of Alternative Dispute Resolution in armed conflict situations like the South Sudan case that I am now researching about it. The brief statement in term of introduction is to define the term dispute that is encompasses in this thesis because the area of my research deal with the application of ADR and the legal frameworks which are supposed to be apply...

The Role of the Police in The Administration of Justice. A Case Study of Uganda

ABSTRACT  The research on the role of the police is presented in the following study that was under taken to reveal the stand of the police's role in the administration of criminal justice in Uganda from the colonial time it was formed to the present. The study is divided into two (2) sections in which section one introduced us to the role played by a democratic police institution, gave us a background of the study, problem statement, objective of the study, research hypothesis, the research...

An Appraisal of the Legal Roles and Liabilities of Executors and Administrators of Estates in Uganda

CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.0   Introduction 2.0   The law of inheritance provides for the manner of inheriting property, the mode of distributing properties of deceased persons and how other related matters should be dealt with. If a person dies, there are various legal consequences, the most important of which will concern the status of his partner, if the deceased was married or had a civil partnership, and the distribution of any property the deceased owned. Property inherit...

The Concept of Separation of Powers in Uganda

CHAPTER ONE SEPARATION OF POWERS 1.1.0 General Introduction This paper intends to address the concept of separation of powers in Uganda between the three organs of government videlicet, the legislature, Executive and the judiciary1 . This paper is geared towards providing a comprehensive and a current ' critical analysis of the concept of separation of powers, its merits and demerits and the extent to which Uganda has complied with the concept. Separation of powers is often used to justify t...

The Analysis Of The Effect Of Forced Displacement Of Internally Displaced Persons: Case Study Northern Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................... .i DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................ iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................ v LIST OF STATUTES ................................................................................................

The Validity Of The Application Of Ignorance Of The Law As No Defence In Tanzania

ABSTRACT This research paper consists of the examination of the validity of the criminal rule of "ignorance of the law is no defense" in Tanzania. The first chapter defines and makes an analysis of the problem, its background, the coverage of the study, methodology along with the review of related literature to the study at hand. Chapter two covers the rule of ignorance the law as no defense in its broad sense and coverage, its limitation and inclusion. It puts forth the application of the r...

Withholding Treatment from Disabled Newborns and its Effect on the Right to Life in Nigeria

Abstract The ultimate aim of medical treatment is to provide benefit for the patient and such treatment should not be prolonged if it cannot achieve this aim. Remarkable advances in neonatal care now make it possible to sustain the lives of many newborn infants who several years ago would have died in the first days or weeks after birth. Not all newborns fare well. Some infants with low birth weight or severe defects cannot survive for long, despite the most aggressive efforts to save them; o...


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