The Role Of The Judiciary In The Protection Of The Institution Of Marriage

ABSTRACT

The institution of marriage has faced many challenges, for example many rights of

spouses are violated by different persons.

Usually, men dominate all the affairs of the society and women are left to watch things

happen even when they are the ones who participate more but earn less.

The researcher looked at the various rights of spouses in any given marriage, how

those rights have been violated and also what the judiciary has done to fight the

violation of those rights.

The researcher used primary and secondary methods of data collection. Under primary

methods included questionnaires and interviews, and under secondary method were

published and unpublished work.

From the study findings, it was established that there are four types of marriages in

Uganda which include customary, church, Islamic and Civil marriage. It was also found

out that Uganda observes the law of inheritance but that there are still gaps in its

application like observance inheritance rights for women and a gap between the

judiciary and the public.

From the study it is thus concluded that Uganda should endeavor to bridge the gap

between the judiciary and public by implementing penalty for human rights violations

and observe the constitution as noted above with respect to equality between men and women during marriage, in marriage and during its dissolution.